Calibration of a large-scale groundwater flow model using GRACE data: a case study in the Qaidam Basin, China;Calage d’un modèle d’écoulement d’eau souterraine à grande échelle en utilisant les données GRACE: cas du Bassin de Qaidam, Chine;Calibração de modelo de fluxo subterrâneo usando dados do GRACE: estudo de caso na bacia do Qaidam, China;Calibración de un modelo de flujo de agua subterránea a gran escala usando datos de GRACE: un caso de estudio en la cuenca de Qaidam, China

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1305-1317

  Hu, Litang ^a   Jiao, Jiu Jimmy ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; GRACE; Groundwater flow; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLOW MODELING; GRACE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 84945457032     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-015-1278-6     Document Type: Article

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