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WATERSHED MODELS AND THEIR APPLICABILITY TO CONJUNCTIVE USE MANAGEMENT 1
Author(s) -
ElKadi Aly I.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1989.tb05673.x
Subject(s) - baseflow , conjunctive use , watershed , subsurface flow , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , surface water , water resources , streamflow , watershed management , infiltration (hvac) , groundwater , hydrological modelling , flow (mathematics) , water resource management , computer science , geology , environmental engineering , aquifer , mathematics , meteorology , drainage basin , geotechnical engineering , geography , ecology , biology , geometry , climatology , machine learning , physics , cartography
Techniques employed to simulate infiltration and subsurface ground‐water flow were examined for a number of available watershed models. The large number of processes that these models simulate prohibits detailed analysis of subsurface flow, due to excessive computer and data requirements. Such models emphasize surface flow and include only that portion of water lost to the subsurface and the portion returned to the stream as baseflow. Problems were examined in adopting conjunctive use models, which allow the coordinated exploitation and management of both surface and ground‐water resources. The application of conjunctive use models in water resources management is expected to increase dramatically over the next decade.