Development of a numerical groundwater flow model using SRTM elevations |
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| Authors: | Kyle C Fredrick Matthew W Becker L Shawn Matott Ashish Daw Karl Bandilla Douglas M Flewelling |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA;(2) Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, 207 Jarvis Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA;(3) Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, 105 Wilkeson Quad, Buffalo, NY 14261, USA |
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| Abstract: | Remotely-sensed elevation data are potentially useful for constructing regional scale groundwater models, particularly in regions where ground-based data are poor or sparse. Surface-water elevations measured by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) were used to develop a regional-groundwater flow model by assuming that frozen surface waters reflect local hydraulic head (or groundwater potential). Drainage lakes (fed primarily by surface water) are designated as boundary conditions and seepage lakes and isolated wetlands (fed primarily by groundwater) are used as observation points to calibrate a numerical flow model of the 900 km2 study area in the Northern Highland Lakes Region of Wisconsin, USA. Elevation data were utilized in a geographic information system (GIS) based groundwater-modeling package that employs the analytic element method (AEM). Calibration statistics indicate that lakes and wetlands had similar influence on the parameter estimation, suggesting that wetlands might be used as observations where open water elevations are unreliable or not available. Open water elevations are often difficult to resolve in radar interferometry because unfrozen water does not return off-nadir radar signals. |
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| Keywords: | Groundwater/surface-water relations Remote sensing Geographic information systems Groundwater modeling Model calibration |
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