期刊
HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL
卷 29, 期 1, 页码 315-329出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-020-02258-z
关键词
Karst; Soil moisture; Spring discharge analysis; Groundwater recharge; Global simulation model
资金
- Projekt DEAL
- Emmy Noether Programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG) [HA 8113/1-1]
- Innovation Fund of Freiburg University
- RiSC of the Ministry for Science, Research and Art of Baden-Wuerttemberg
This paper presents the first global effort to integrate experimental approaches and large-scale modeling to assess karst water resources. The study shows that soil moisture is a crucial variable that better distinguishes recharge dynamics in different climates and for different land cover types. The newly developed dataset of karst spring discharges provides important insights into the variability of discharge volumes and recharge areas globally.
Comprehensive management of karst water resources requires sufficient understanding of their dynamics and karst-specific modeling tools. However, the limited availability of observations of karstic groundwater dynamics has been prohibiting the assessment of karst water resources at regional to global scales. This paper presents the first global effort to integrate experimental approaches and large-scale modeling. Using a global soil-moisture monitoring program and a global database of karst spring discharges, the simulations of a preliminary global karstic-groundwater-recharge model are evaluated. It is shown that soil moisture is a crucial variable that better distinguishes recharge dynamics in different climates and for different land cover types. The newly developed dataset of karst spring discharges provides first insights into the wide variability of discharge volumes and recharge areas of different karst springs around the globe. Comparing the model simulations with the newly collected soil-moisture and spring-discharge observations, indicates that (1) improvements of the recharge model are still necessary to obtain a better representation of different land cover types and snow processes, and (2) there is a need to incorporate groundwater dynamics. Applying and strictly evaluating these improvements in the model will finally provide a tool to identify hot spots of current or future water scarcity in the karst regions around the globe, thus supporting national and international water governance.
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