Ground bottom flow formula (Water Overlay)

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Ground water flowing in from deeper ground layers through the bottom boundary, due to head pressure from water bodies situated outside the project area is calculated per grid cell. The formula is based on the principles used in the formula of Pankow for estimating this ground bottom flow[1].

The water level change due to ground bottom flow is calculated using the following formula:

The external bottom head pressure is variable over time by the introduction of :

Finally, the actual amount of water flowing into the ground from the deeper ground layers through the bottom boundary is calculated as followed:

where:

= The water level change due to the ground bottom flow, in meters.
= Computational timestep in seconds.
= Ground water head in the grid cell.
= Additional global pressure at time t, in meters
= Ground water level (or head) of the external zone in meters at timeframe .
= Additional variation of bottom head pressure over time
= Resistance of the separating layer in days at timeframe
= Water storage fraction of the soil
= Seeped in water in m

Notes

  • The calculated is essentially the change in groundwater level, inherently taking into account the porosity of the soil. The final is representative of the actual amount of water, i.e. the height of the water, if the relevant quantity of water wasn't in the ground but sat on the surface instead.
  • and can both be provided as spatially variable values using prequel overlays. These prequels can have multiple timeframes, as indicated by the formula, allowing changing head and resistances over time.
  • can be provided as a set of values, variable over time.
  • A seepage head lower than the water level in the project is also allowed, resulting in water seeping out to a region outside the project area.

How-to's

Related

The following topics are related to this formula.

Formulas
Groundwater level formula (Water Overlay)
Models
Ground model (Water Overlay)

See also

References