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Analysis of groundwater drought building on the standardised precipitation index approach
J. P. Bloomfield
British Geological Survey, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK
B. P. Marchant
British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
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In this work we characterise annual patterns in baseflow, the component of streamflow that comes from subsurface storage. Our research identified early-, mid-, and late-seasonality of baseflow across catchments in Great Britain over two time blocks: 1976–1995 and 1996–2015, and found that many catchments have earlier seasonal patterns of baseflow in the second time period. These changes are linked to changes in climate signals: snow-melt in highland catchments and effective rainfall changes.
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loss functionsmay be used in conceptual rainfall–runoff models but should be supported by perceptualisation of IGF processes and connectivities.
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Doris E. Wendt, John P. Bloomfield, Anne F. Van Loon, Margaret Garcia, Benedikt Heudorfer, Joshua Larsen, and David M. Hannah
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loss functionsmay be used in conceptual rainfall–runoff models but should be supported by perceptualisation of IGF processes and connectivities.
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Groundwater provides flow, known as baseflow, to surface streams and rivers. It is important as it sustains the flow of many rivers at times of water stress. However, it may be affected by water management practices. Statistical models have been used to show that abstraction of groundwater may influence baseflow. Consequently, it is recommended that information on groundwater abstraction is included in future assessments and predictions of baseflow.
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Short summary
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Groundwater use changes the availability of groundwater, especially during droughts. This study investigates the impact of groundwater use on groundwater droughts. A methodological framework is presented that was developed and applied to the UK. We identified an asymmetric impact of groundwater use on droughts, which highlights the relation between short-term and long-term strategies for sustainable groundwater use.
Gemma Coxon, Nans Addor, John P. Bloomfield, Jim Freer, Matt Fry, Jamie Hannaford, Nicholas J. K. Howden, Rosanna Lane, Melinda Lewis, Emma L. Robinson, Thorsten Wagener, and Ross Woods
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We present the first large-sample catchment hydrology dataset for Great Britain. The dataset collates river flows, catchment attributes, and catchment boundaries for 671 catchments across Great Britain. We characterise the topography, climate, streamflow, land cover, soils, hydrogeology, human influence, and discharge uncertainty of each catchment. The dataset is publicly available for the community to use in a wide range of environmental and modelling analyses.
Bentje Brauns, Daniela Cuba, John P. Bloomfield, David M. Hannah, Christopher Jackson, Ben P. Marchant, Benedikt Heudorfer, Anne F. Van Loon, Hélène Bessière, Bo Thunholm, and Gerhard Schubert
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groundwater droughtscan limit supply, making it crucial to understand their regional connection. The Groundwater Drought Initiative (GDI) assesses spatial patterns in historic—recent groundwater droughts across Europe for the first time. Using an example dataset, we describe the background to the GDI and its methodological approach.
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William Rust, Ian Holman, John Bloomfield, Mark Cuthbert, and Ron Corstanje
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C. K. Folland, J. Hannaford, J. P. Bloomfield, M. Kendon, C. Svensson, B. P. Marchant, J. Prior, and E. Wallace
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2353–2375, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2353-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2353-2015, 2015
Short summary
Short summary
The English Lowlands is a heavily populated, water-stressed region, which is vulnerable to long droughts typically associated with dry winters. We conduct a long-term (1910-present) quantitative analysis of precipitation, flow and groundwater droughts for the region, and then review potential climatic drivers. No single driver is dominant, but we demonstrate a physical link between La Nina conditions, winter rainfall and long droughts in the region.
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Existing analytical solutions associated with groundwater recharge are only applicable to the studies of saturated flow in aquifers. This paper develops an analytical solution for 3-D unsaturated–saturated flow due to localized recharge into an unconfined aquifer. The effects of unsaturated flow on the recharge process are analyzed. The present solution agrees well with a finite-difference solution. The solution’s predictions also match well with observed data obtained by a field experiment.
Chao-Chih Lin, Ya-Chi Chang, and Hund-Der Yeh
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2359–2375, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2359-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2359-2018, 2018
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An semanalytical model is developed for estimating the groundwater flow and stream depletion rates (SDR) from two streams in an L-shaped fluvial aquifer located at Gyeonggi-do, Korea. The predicted spatial and temporal hydraulic heads agree well with those of simulations and measurements. The model can be applied to evaluate the contribution of extracted water from storage and nearby streams.
Xiuyu Liang, Hongbin Zhan, You-Kuan Zhang, and Jin Liu
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 1251–1262, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1251-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1251-2017, 2017
Chia-Hao Chang, Ching-Sheng Huang, and Hund-Der Yeh
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 1225–1239, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1225-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1225-2016, 2016
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Most previous solutions for groundwater flow due to localized recharge assumed either aquifer incompressibility or 2-D flow without vertical flow. This paper develops a 3-D flow model for hydraulic head change induced by the recharge with random transient rates in a compressible unconfined aquifer. The analytical solution of the model for the head is derived. The quantitative criteria for the validity of those two assumptions are presented by the developed solution.
A. J. Luhmann, M. D. Covington, J. M. Myre, M. Perne, S. W. Jones, E. C. Alexander Jr., and M. O. Saar
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 137–157, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-137-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-137-2015, 2015
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Water temperature is a non-conservative tracer. Variations in recharge temperature are damped and retarded as water moves through an aquifer due to heat exchange between water and rock. This paper presents relationships that describe thermal damping and retardation in karst conduits determined using analytical solutions and numerical simulations, with some support provided by field data. These relationships may be used with field data to estimate unknown flow path geometry in karst aquifers.
N. Foged, P. A. Marker, A. V. Christansen, P. Bauer-Gottwein, F. Jørgensen, A.-S. Høyer, and E. Auken
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4349–4362, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4349-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-4349-2014, 2014
A. H. Alzraiee, D. Baú, and A. Elhaddad
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 3207–3223, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-3207-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-3207-2014, 2014
C.-H. Chen, C.-H. Wang, S. Wen, T.-K. Yeh, C.-H. Lin, J.-Y. Liu, H.-Y. Yen, C. Lin, R.-J. Rau, and T.-W. Lin
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 1693–1703, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-1693-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-1693-2013, 2013
C.-T. Wang, H.-D. Yeh, and C.-S. Tsai
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 441–449, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-441-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-441-2012, 2012
Y.-C. Chang, H.-D. Yeh, K.-F. Liang, and M.-C. T. Kuo
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2165–2178, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-2165-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-2165-2011, 2011
M.-H. Chuang, C.-S. Huang, G.-H. Li, and H.-D. Yeh
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1819–1826, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-1819-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-1819-2010, 2010
S. Leschik, A. Musolff, R. Krieg, M. Martienssen, M. Bayer-Raich, F. Reinstorf, G. Strauch, and M. Schirmer
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1765–1774, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-13-1765-2009, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-13-1765-2009, 2009
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