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19 Jan 2023
Research article |
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Estimating karst groundwater recharge from soil moisture observations – a new method tested at the Swabian Alb, southwest Germany
Romane Berthelin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Chair of Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources, Freiburg University, Freiburg 79098, Germany
Tunde Olarinoye
Chair of Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources, Freiburg University, Freiburg 79098, Germany
Michael Rinderer
Chair of Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources, Freiburg University, Freiburg 79098, Germany
Matías Mudarra
Department of Geology and Center of Hydrogeology of the University of Málaga, Faculty of Science, 29071, Málaga, Spain
Dominic Demand
Chair of Hydrology, Freiburg University, Freiburg, 79098 Germany
Mirjam Scheller
Chair of Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources, Freiburg University, Freiburg 79098, Germany
Andreas Hartmann
Institute of Groundwater Management, Technical University of Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Chair of Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources, Freiburg University, Freiburg 79098, Germany
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Short summary
Karstic recharge processes have mainly been explored using discharge analysis despite the high influence of the heterogeneous surface on hydrological processes. In this paper, we introduce an event-based method which allows for recharge estimation from soil moisture measurements. The method was tested at a karst catchment in Germany but can be applied to other karst areas with precipitation and soil moisture data available. It will allow for a better characterization of karst recharge processes.
Karstic recharge processes have mainly been explored using discharge analysis despite the high...
