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DOI 10.1127/1863-9135/2014/0548
Title (Primary) A method for automated, daily, temperature-based vertical streambed water-fluxes
Author Schmidt, C.; Büttner, O.; Musolff, A.; Fleckenstein, J.H.
Source Titel Fundamental and Applied Limnology
Year 2014
Department ASAM; HDG
Volume 184
Issue 3
Page From 173
Page To 181
Language englisch
UFZ wide themes TERENO; RU2;
Abstract Heat is increasingly used as a natural tracer to quantify water fluxes at the groundwater-surface water-interface. We present a systematic approach to monitor and evaluate stream and streambed temperatures to derive daily-updated temperature-based water exchange fluxes between the stream and the streambed. Specifically designed multi-level temperature sensors coupled with a data logger and GSM modem are used to monitor temperature in the stream and streambed and transfer this data daily to a database. A suite of MATLAB scripts with structured query language (SQL) commands is applied to extract the data for processing using an inverse numerical model to estimate water flow based on the measured temperatures. Compared to common analytical approaches, which typically require sinusoidal diurnal temperature pattern, our numerical model can utilize temperature records without daily variations. Temperature-based calculations to quantify vertical water fluxes at the stream-groundwater interface can provide a supplement to, or even a replacement of, calculations based on vertical hydraulic gradients and Darcy' law.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=15038
Schmidt, C., Büttner, O., Musolff, A., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2014):
A method for automated, daily, temperature-based vertical streambed water-fluxes
Fundam. Appl. Limnol. 184 (3), 173 - 181 10.1127/1863-9135/2014/0548