Probabilistic analysis of the effects of climate change on groundwater recharge

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Ng, Gene Hua Crystal ^a,c   McLaughlin, Dennis ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^a   Scanlon, Bridget R ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; PAPER ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTICS APPROACH; RECHARGE RATES; SEMI-ARID REGION; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84977770869     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007904     Document Type: Article

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