The thermal consequences of river-level variations in an urban groundwater body highly affected by groundwater heat pumps

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 485-486, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 575-587

  García Gil, Alejandro ^a,b   Vázquez Suñe, Enric ^b   Schneider, Eduardo Garrido ^c   Sánchez Navarro, José Ángel ^a   Mateo Lázaro, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater; GSHP; GWHP; River groundwater interaction; Thermal impact; Thermal management; Urban aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOODS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; GEOTHERMAL EXPLOITATION; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; GSHP; GWHP; RIVER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS; THERMAL IMPACTS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; RECHARGE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GROUNDWATER; GSHP; GWHP; RIVER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; THERMAL IMPACT; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; URBAN AQUIFER;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; HOT TEMPERATURE; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84898688397     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.123     Document Type: Article

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