Improved simulation of river water and groundwater exchange in an alluvial plain using the SWAT model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 187-202

  Sun, X ^a,b   Bernard Jannin, L ^a,b   Garneau, C ^a,b   Volk, M ^c   Arnold, J G ^d   Srinivasan, R ^e   Sauvage, S ^a,b   Sanchez Perez J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Garonne river; Landscape unit; SWAT model; Water exchange

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

FLOOD PLAINS; LANDSCAPE UNITS; SEMI-DISTRIBUTED MODEL; SIMULATED GROUND WATER; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; SWAT MODEL; WATER EXCHANGE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHM; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; RIVER WATER; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER EXCHANGE;

GARONNE RIVER;

EID: 84955158351     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10575     Document Type: Article

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