Estimating long-term groundwater storage and its controlling factors in Alberta, Canada

Bhanja, Soumendra N.; Zhang, Xiaokun; Wang, Junye

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6241-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6241-2018

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06 Dec 2018

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| 06 Dec 2018

Estimating long-term groundwater storage and its controlling factors in Alberta, Canada

Soumendra N. Bhanja, Xiaokun Zhang, and Junye Wang

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- AC2: 'Responses to comments of Prof. Klöve', Soumendra Bhanja, 04 Aug 2018
RC1: 'Referee comment on manuscript "Estimating long-term groundwater storage and its controlling factors in cold regions” by Soumendra N. Bhanja et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jun 2018
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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (31 Aug 2018) by Manuel Pulido-Velazquez

AR by Soumendra Bhanja on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (03 Sep 2018) by Manuel Pulido-Velazquez

AR by Soumendra Bhanja on behalf of the Authors (04 Sep 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Sep 2018) by Manuel Pulido-Velazquez

RR by Björn Klöve (18 Sep 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Oct 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Oct 2018) by Manuel Pulido-Velazquez

AR by Soumendra Bhanja on behalf of the Authors (25 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Nov 2018) by Manuel Pulido-Velazquez

AR by Soumendra Bhanja on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2018)

Short summary

The paper presents groundwater storage conditions in all the major river basins across Alberta, Canada. We used remote-sensing data and investigate their performance using available ground-based data of groundwater level monitoring, storage coefficients, aquifer thickness, and surface water measurements. The water available for groundwater recharge has been studied in detail. Separate approaches have been followed for confined and unconfined aquifers for estimating groundwater storage.