Impact of coastal forcing and groundwater recharge on the growth of a fresh groundwater lens in a mega-scale beach nourishment

Huizer, Sebastian; Radermacher, Max; de Vries, Sierd; Oude Essink, Gualbert H. P.; Bierkens, Marc F. P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1065-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1065-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1065-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 2

Research article

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08 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 08 Feb 2018

Impact of coastal forcing and groundwater recharge on the growth of a fresh groundwater lens in a mega-scale beach nourishment

Sebastian Huizer, Max Radermacher, Sierd de Vries, Gualbert H. P. Oude Essink, and Marc F. P. Bierkens

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RC1: 'Comments to Huizer et al. - Impact on growth of fresh groundwater resources in mega-scale beach nourishment', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Sebastian Huizer, 09 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Sep 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', Sebastian Huizer, 09 Nov 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (05 Dec 2017) by Graham Fogg

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Dec 2017) by Graham Fogg

AR by Sebastian Huizer on behalf of the Authors (02 Jan 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

For a large beach nourishment called the Sand Engine we have examined the impact of groundwater recharge, tides, storm surges, and geomorphological changes on the growth of the fresh groundwater resources between 2011 and 2016. With detailed model simulations of these coastal processes we were able to get a good match with field measurements, and demonstrated the importance of wave runup and coastal erosion in studies on fresh groundwater in such dynamic coastal environments.