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Technical note: Disentangling the groundwater response to Earth and atmospheric tides to improve subsurface characterisation
Institute of Applied Geosciences (AGW), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
Mark O. Cuthbert
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
R. Ian Acworth
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
Philipp Blum
Institute of Applied Geosciences (AGW), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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This work provides an important generalisation of a previously developed method that quantifies subsurface barometric efficiency using the groundwater level response to Earth and atmospheric tides. The new approach additionally allows the quantification of hydraulic conductivity and specific storage. This enables improved and rapid assessment of subsurface processes and properties using standard pressure measurements.
This work provides an important generalisation of a previously developed method that quantifies...
