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A coupled surface-subsurface hydrologic model to assess groundwater flood risk spatially and temporally

Yu Xuan, Moraitis Daniil, Nikolaidis Nikolaos, Li Bailing, Duffy Chistopher J., Liu Bingjun

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/E4674D35-86F4-4E26-92B3-08B9C6908E9B
Year 2019
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation X. Yu, D. Moraetis, N.P. Nikolaidis, B. Li, C. Duffy and B. Liu, "A coupled surface-subsurface hydrologic model to assess groundwater flood risk spatially and temporally," Environ. Model. Softw., vol. 114, pp. 129-139, Apr. 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.01.008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.01.008
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Floods introduced by rainfall events are responsible for tremendous economic and property losses. It is important to delineate flood prone areas to minimize flood damages and make mitigation plans. Recently, there has been recognition of the need to understand the risk from groundwater flooding caused by the emergence of groundwater at the ground surface. Mapping groundwater flood risk is more challenging compared to river flooding, especially in karst systems, where subsurface preferential flowpaths can affect groundwater flow. We developed a coupled surface-subsurface modelling framework resolving spatial information and hydrologic data to assess the groundwater flood risk at a karstic watershed: Koiliaris River Basin, Greece. The simulated groundwater table was used to delineate groundwater flooding. Modelled results revealed the role of faults in groundwater flooding generation. We anticipate the coupled surface-subsurface approach to be a starting point for more sophisticated flooding risk assessment, including magnitude and temporal duration of groundwater flooding.

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