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Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2931-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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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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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.
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