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@ARTICLE{Waldowski:1007405,
author = {Waldowski, Bastian and Sánchez-León, Emilio and Cirpka,
Olaf A. and Brandhorst, Natascha and Hendricks Franssen,
Harrie-Jan and Neuweiler, Insa},
title = {{E}stimating {G}roundwater {R}echarge in {F}ully
{I}ntegrated pde ‐{B}ased {H}ydrological {M}odels},
journal = {Water resources research},
volume = {59},
number = {3},
issn = {0043-1397},
address = {[New York]},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-02061},
pages = {e2022WR032430},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Groundwater recharge is the main forcing of regional
groundwater flow. In traditional
partial‐differential‐equation (pde)‐based models that
treat aquifers as separate compartments, groundwater
recharge needs to be defined as a boundary condition or it
is a coupling condition to other compartments. Integrated
models that treat the vadose and phreatic zones as a
continuum allow for a more sophisticated calculation of
subsurface fluxes, as feedbacks between both zones are
captured. However, they do not contain an explicit
groundwater‐recharge term so it needs to be estimated by
post‐processing. Groundwater recharge consists of changes
in groundwater storage and of the flux crossing the water
table, which can be calculated based on hydraulic gradients.
We introduce a method to evaluate the change of groundwater
storage by a time‐cumulative water balance over the depth
section of water table fluctuations, avoiding the use of a
specific yield. We demonstrate the approach first by a
simple 1‐D vertical model that does not allow for lateral
outflow and illustrates the ambiguity of computing
groundwater recharge by different methods. We then apply the
approach to a 3‐D model with a complex topography and
subsurface structure. The latter example shows that
groundwater recharge is highly variable in space and time
with notable differences between regional and local
estimates. Local heterogeneity of topography or subsurface
properties results in complex redistribution patterns of
groundwater. In fully integrated models, river‐groundwater
exchange flow may severely bias the estimate of groundwater
recharge. We, therefore, advise masking out groundwater
recharge at river locations.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000952884600001},
doi = {10.1029/2022WR032430},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1007405},
}