Estimation of groundwater recharge from groundwater levels using nonlinear transfer function noise models and comparison to lysimeter data

Collenteur, Raoul A.; Bakker, Mark; Klammler, Gernot; Birk, Steffen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2931-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2931-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2931-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 5

Research article

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31 May 2021

Research article |

| 31 May 2021

Estimation of groundwater recharge from groundwater levels using nonlinear transfer function noise models and comparison to lysimeter data

Raoul A. Collenteur, Mark Bakker, Gernot Klammler, and Steffen Birk

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RC1: 'Referee's remarks', Rafael Schäffer, 12 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Initial response to review 1', Raoul Collenteur, 28 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Comments on “Estimating groundwater recharge from groundwater levels using non-linear transfer function noise models and comparison to lysimeter data”', Rodrigo Manzione, 04 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Initial response to review 2', Raoul Collenteur, 05 Jan 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (07 Jan 2021) by Insa Neuweiler

AR by Raoul Collenteur on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Mar 2021) by Insa Neuweiler

RR by Rodrigo Manzione (15 Mar 2021)

RR by Rafael Schäffer (13 Apr 2021)

ED: Publish as is (25 Apr 2021) by Insa Neuweiler

Short summary

This study explores the use of nonlinear transfer function noise (TFN) models to simulate groundwater levels and estimate groundwater recharge from observed groundwater levels. A nonlinear recharge model is implemented in a TFN model to compute the recharge. The estimated recharge rates are shown to be in good agreement with the recharge observed with a lysimeter present at the case study site in Austria. The method can be used to obtain groundwater recharge rates at sub-yearly timescales.