Groundwater level formula (Water Overlay)

Groundwater level is calculated per cell.

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Where:

• Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle h_u} = The height (column) of the saturated zone.
• Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Delta w_s} = The amount of water in the saturated zone. The height of the water column if the equivalent amount of water was placed on the surface.
• $sp$ = The WATER_STORAGE_PERCENTAGE of the underground terrain type, used here as a fraction.
• Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle gl_u} = The groundwater level, relative to datum. Also known as the watertable.

• Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} = The surface height in the cell, relative to datum.
• Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle d_b} = The GROUND_BOTTOM_DISTANCE_M (effectively available height in the underground model).

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