Investigating patterns and controls of groundwater up-welling in a lowland river by combining Fibre-optic Distributed Temperature Sensing with observations of vertical hydraulic gradients

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1775-1792

  Krause, S ^a   Blume, T ^b   Cassidy, N J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; COLD SPOTS; CONJUNCTIVE USE; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; DOWN-STREAM; FIBRE-OPTIC CABLES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; LOWLAND RIVERS; RIVER FLOW; SMALL SCALE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; STREAMBEDS; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRANSMISSIVITY; UP-WELLING; WATER EXCHANGE;

AQUIFERS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BASEFLOW; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STREAM BED; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84863459717     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-1775-2012     Document Type: Article

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