Modeling of groundwater level fluctuations using dendrochronology in alluvial aquifers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2015, Pages 1060-1069

  Gholami, V ^a   Chau, K W ^b   Fadaee, F ^a   Torkaman, J ^a   Ghaffari, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Tarahane Alborz Sabz Company   (Iran)

Author keywords

ANN; Caspian southern coasts; Precipitation; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; DROUGHT PERIODS; GROUNDWATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; SIMULATED GROUND WATER; TRAINING PROCESS; TREE RINGS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COASTAL AQUIFER; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION; TREE RING; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CASPIAN COAST [IRAN]; IRAN;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84942540410     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.09.028     Document Type: Article

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