Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1885-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1885-2016
Research article
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12 May 2016
Research article |  | 12 May 2016

Travel-time-based thermal tracer tomography

Márk Somogyvári, Peter Bayer, and Ralf Brauchler

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A new innovative method of aquifer characterization is presented, using tomographic thermal tracer tests to map the hydraulic conductivity distribution. The travel times of the heated water between different sources and receivers are used in the inversion process following an analog procedure with hydraulic tomography. The developed method is a fast and robust alternative of model calibration. The method is tested on a virtual aquifer and shows applicability under a broad range of conditions.