Comparative performance of soil water balance models in computing semi-arid aquifer recharge
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Título: | Comparative performance of soil water balance models in computing semi-arid aquifer recharge |
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Título alternativo: | Performances comparées de modèles de bilan hydrique des sols pour le calcul de la recharge d’aquifères en conditions semi-arides |
Autor/es: | Touhami, Issam | Andreu Rodes, José Miguel | Chirino Miranda, Esteban | Sanchez-Montahud, Juan-Rafael | Pulido Bosch, Antonio | Martínez Santos, Pedro | Moutahir, Hassane | Bellot, Juan |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Gestión de Ecosistemas y de la Biodiversidad (GEB) | Geología Aplicada e Hidrogeología |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ecología | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente |
Palabras clave: | Groundwater recharge | Soil water balance | Lumped groundwater model | Karst aquifers | Semi-arid region | Alicante, Spain |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Ecología | Geodinámica Externa |
Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
Editor: | Taylor & Francis |
Cita bibliográfica: | Hydrological Sciences Journal. 2014, 59(1): 193-203. doi:10.1080/02626667.2013.802094 |
Resumen: | Estimating groundwater recharge is essential to ensure the sustainable use of groundwater resources, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. Soil water balances have been frequently advocated as valuable tools to estimate groundwater recharge. This article compares the performance of three soil water balance models (Hydrobal, Visual Balan v2.0 and Thornthwaite) in the Ventós-Castellar aquifer, Spain. The models were used to simulate wet and dry years. Recharge estimates were transformed into water table fluctuations by means of a lumped groundwater model. These, in turn, were calibrated against piezometric data. Overall, the Hydrobal model shows the best fit between observed and calculated levels (r2 = 0.84), highlighting the role of soil moisture and vegetation in recharge processes. |
Patrocinador/es: | This research was partially funded by UNESCO [Project IGCP-513]; the European Commission [PRACTICE Project]; the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain [ECOBAL project, CGL2011-30531-C02-01; SURVIVE project CGL 2011-30531-C02-02]; the Consolider program INGENIO 2010 [GRACCIE Project, CSD2007-00067], the Generalitat Valenciana [FEEDBACKSPROMETEO; ACOMP/2010/272 and GV07/143] and the MAEC-AECID Scholarships from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/50915 |
ISSN: | 0262-6667 (Print) | 2150-3435 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1080/02626667.2013.802094 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2013 IAHS Press |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2013.802094 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - GAH - Artículos de Revistas INV - GEB - Artículos de Revistas INV - DRYEX - Artículos de Revistas |
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