A 3D analysis algorithm to improve interpretation of heat pulse sensor results for the determination of small-scale flow directions and velocities in the hyporheic zone

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Angermann, Lisa ^a,b,c   Lewandowski, Jörg ^a   Fleckenstein, Jan H ^b,c   Nützmann, Gunnar ^a,d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow direction; Flow patterns; Flow velocity; Heat pulse technique; Hyporheic zone

Indexed keywords

3D ANALYSIS; ACTIVE INTERFACE; ADJACENT SURFACES; ARTIFICIAL TRACERS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW SITUATION; FLOWTHROUGH; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HEAT PULSE; HEAT TRANSPORT EQUATION; HETEROGENEOUS FLOW; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYPORHEIC; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LOW-GRADIENT STREAMS; OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY; POINT SOURCES; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; SHORT HEAT PULSE; SMALL-SCALE FLOWS; SPACE AND TIME; STREAMBEDS; THREE DIMENSIONS; VERTICAL FLOWS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSORS;

STREAM FLOW;

ALGORITHM; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEAT BALANCE; HETEROGENEITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MORPHOLOGY; STREAM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIMESCALE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84870240618     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.050     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Alden A., Munster C.L. Field test of the in situ permeable ground water flow sensor. Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation 1997, 17:81-88.
2. Anibas C., Fleckenstein J.H., Volze N., Buis K., Verhoeven R., Meire P., Batelaan O. Transient or steady-state? Using vertical temperature profiles to quantify groundwater-surface water exchange. Hydrological Processes 2009, 23:2165-2177.
3. Anneser B., Einsiedl F., Meckenstock R.U., Richters L., Wisotzky F., Griebler C. High-resolution monitoring of biogeochemical gradients in a tar oil-contaminated aquifer. Applied Geochemistry 2008, 23:1715-1730.
4. Ballard S. The in situ permeable flow sensor: a ground-water flow velocity meter. Ground Water 1996, 34:231-240.
5. Ballard S., Barker G.T., Nichols R.L. A test of the in situ permeable flow sensor at Savannah River, SC. Ground Water 1996, 34:389-396.
6. Bencala K.E. Hyporheic zone hydrological processes. Hydrological Processes 2000, 14:2797-2798.
7. Boano, F., Camporeale, C., Revelli, R., Ridolfi, L., 2006. Sinuosity-driven hyporheic exchange in meandering rivers. Geophysical Research Letters 33.
8. Boulton A.J., Findlay S., Marmonier P., Stanley E.H., Valett H.M. The functional significance of the hyporheic zone in streams and rivers. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 1998, 29:59-81.
9. Bruggeman G.A. Analytical Solutions of Geohydrological Problems 1999, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
10. Brunke M., Gonser T. The ecological significance of exchange processes between rivers and groundwater. Freshwater Biology 1997, 37:1-33.
11. Cardenas, M.B., 2009. Stream-aquifer interactions and hyporheic exchange in gaining and losing sinuous streams. Water Resources Research 45.
12. Cardenas, M.B., Wilson, J.L., Zlotnik, V.A., 2004. Impact of heterogeneity, bed forms, and stream curvature on subchannel hyporheic exchange. Water Resources Research 40.
13. Carslaw H.S., Jaeger J.C. Conduction of Heat in Solids 1959, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
14. Chen X.H. Measurement of streambed hydraulic conductivity and its anisotropy. Environmental Geology 2000, 39:1317-1324.
15. Davison W., Grime G.W., Morgan J.A.W., Clarke K. Distribution of dissolved iron in sediment pore waters at submillimetre resolution. Nature 1991, 352:323-325.
16. Duff J.H., Murphy F., Fuller C.C., Triska F.J., Harvey J.W., Jackman A.P. A mini drivepoint sampler for measuring pore water solute concentrations in the hyporheic zone of sand-bottom streams. Limnology and Oceanography 1998, 43:1378-1383.
17. Findlay S., Strayer D., Goumbala C., Gould K. Metabolism of streamwater dissolved organic-carbon in the shallow hyporheic zone. Limnology and Oceanography 1993, 38:1493-1499.
18. Fleckenstein J.H., Niswonger R.G., Fogg G.E. River-aquifer interactions, geologic heterogeneity, and low-flow management. Ground Water 2006, 44:837-852.
19. Fleckenstein J.H., Krause S., Hannah D.M., Boano F. Groundwater-surface water interactions: new methods and models to improve understanding of processes and dynamics. Advances in Water Resources 2010, 33(11):1291-1295.
20. Gooseff, M.N., Anderson, J.K., Wondzell, S.M., La Nier, J., Haggerty, R., 2006. A modeling study of hyporheic exchange pattern and the sequence, size, and spacing of stream bedforms in mountain stream networks, Oregon, USA (Retraction of vol. 19, 2005, pp. 2915-2929). Hydrological Processes 20, 2441.
21. Greswell, R.B., 2005. High-resolution in situ monitoring of flow between aquifers and surface waters. Rep. No. Science Report SC030155/SR4, Environment Agency, Bristol.
22. Greswell, R.B., Riley, M.S., Alves, P.F., Tellam, J.H., 2008. A heat perturbation flow meter for application in river bed sediments. Rep. No. Science Report SC030155/SR12, Environmental agency, Bristol.
23. Greswell R.B., Riley M.S., Alves P.F., Tellam J.H. A heat perturbation flow meter for application in soft sediments. Journal of Hydrology 2009, 370:73-82.
24. Grimm N.B., Fischer S.G. Exchange between interstitial and surface water: implications for stream metabolism and nutrient cycling. Hydrobiologia 1984, 111:219-228.
25. Hesslein R.H. An in situ sampler for close interval pore water studies. Limnology and Oceanography 1976, 21:912-914.
26. Kamai, T., Tuli, A., Kluitenberg, G.J., Hopmans, J.W., 2010. Soil water flux density measurements near 1cm d(-1) using an improved heat pulse probe design (vol. 44, W00D14, 2008). Water Resources Research 46.
27. Kaser D.H., Binley A., Heathwaite A.L., Krause S. Spatio-temporal variations of hyporheic flow in a riffle-step-pool sequence. Hydrological Processes 2009, 23:2138-2149.
28. Kawanishi H. A soil-water flux sensor and its use for field studies of transfer processes in surface soil. Journal of Hydrology 1983, 60:357-365.
29. Krause S., Hannah D.M., Fleckenstein J.H., Heppell C.M., Kaeser D., Pickup R., Pinay G., Robertson A.L., Wood P.J. Inter-disciplinary perspectives on processes in the hyporheic zone. Ecohydrology 2011, 4(4):481-499.
30. Lewandowski J., Ruter K., Hupfer M. Two-dimensional small-scale variability of pore water phosphate in freshwater lakes: results from a novel dialysis sampler. Environmental Science and Technology 2002, 36:2039-2047.
31. Lewandowski, J., Angermann, L., Nützmann, G., Fleckenstein, J.H., 2011. A novel heat pulse technique for the determination of small-scale flow directions and velocities in the hyporheic zone of sand bed streams.
32. Melville J.G., Molz F.J., Guven O. Laboratory investigation and analysis of a groundwater flowmeter. Ground Water 1985, 23:486-495.
33. Mutz M., Rohde A. Processes of surface-subsurface water exchange in a low energy sand-bed stream. International Review of Hydrobiology 2003, 88:290-303.
34. Mutz, M., Kalbus, E. and Meinecke, S., 2007. Effect of instream wood on vertical water flux in low-energy sand bed flume experiments. Water Resources Research 43.
35. Nützmann G., Lewandowski J. Exchange between ground water and surface water at the lowland river Spree (Germany). Grundwasser 2009, 14:195-205.
36. Pinay G., O'Keefe T.C., Edwards R.T., Naiman R.J. Nitrate removal in the hyporheic zone of a Salmon River in Alaska. River Research and Applications 2009, 25:367-375.
37. Poole G.C., Stanford J.A., Running S.W., Frissell C.A., Woessner W.W., Ellis B.K. A patch hierarchy approach to modeling surface and subsurface hydrology in complex flood-plain environments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2004, 29:1259-1274.
38. Ren T., Kluitenberg G.J., Horton R. Determining soil water flux and pore water velocity by a heat pulse technique. Soil Science Society of America Journal 2000, 64:552-560.
39. Rosenberry D.O. A seepage meter designed for use in flowing water. Journal of Hydrology 2008, 359(1-2):118-130.
40. Rosenberry D.O., Pitlick J. Local-scale spatial and temporal variability of seepage in a shallow gravel-bed river. Hydrological Processes 2009, 23:3306-3318.
41. Scheffer F., Schachtschabel P. Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde 2000, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg. 15. Auflage.
42. Schmidt C., Bayer-Raich M., Schirmer M. Characterization of spatial heterogeneity of groundwater-stream water interactions using multiple depth streambed temperature measurements at the reach scale. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 2006, 10:849-859.
43. Schornberg C., Schmidt C., Kalbus E., Fleckenstein J.H. Simulating the effects of geologic heterogeneity and transient boundary conditions on streambed temperatures - implications for temperature-based water flux calculations. Advances in Water Resources 2010, 33(11):1309-1319.
44. Selker J.S., van de Giesen N., Westhoff M., Luxemburg W., Parlange M.B. Fiber optics opens window on stream dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 2006, 33:L24401.
45. Sophocleous M. Interactions between groundwater and surface water: the state of the science. Hydrogeology Journal 2002, 10:52-67.
46. Stonestrom, D.A., Constantz, J., 2003. Heat as a tool for studying the movement of ground water near streams. Rep. No. US Geological Survey Circular 1260, Reston, Virginia.
47. Stonestrom, D.A., Constantz, J., 2004. Using temperature to study stream-ground water exchanges. US Geological Survey. USGS Fact Sheet 2004-3010.
48. Stubbington R., Wood P.J., Boulton A.J. Low flow controls on benthic and hyporheic macroinvertebrate assemblages during supra-seasonal drought. Hydrological Processes 2009, 23:2252-2263.
49. van Wijk W.R., de Vries D.A. The atmosphere and the soil. Physics of Plant Environment 1966, 102-143. North-Holland Publishing, Amsterdam. second ed. W.R. van Wijk (Ed.).
50. Vollmer, S., 2005. Einfluss der Oberflächenströmung auf die permeable Gewässersohle. PhD-thesis, Universität Fridericiana zu Karlsruhe.
51. White D.S. Biological relationships to convective flow patterns within stream beds. Hydrobiologia 1990, 196:149-158.
52. Woessner W.W. Stream and fluvial plain ground water interactions: rescaling hydrogeologic thought. Ground Water 2000, 38:423-429.
53. Wondzell S.M. Effect of morphology and discharge on hyporheic exchange flows in two small streams in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, USA. Hydrological Processes 2006, 20:267-287.
54. Yang C., Jones S.B. INV-WATFLX, a code for simultaneous estimation of soil properties and planar vector water flux from fully or partly functioning needles of a penta-needle heat-pulse probe. Computers & Geosciences 2009, 35:2250-2258.