“…Aquifer characterization techniques have been developed to estimate aquifer properties (e.g., diffusivity D ) based on analysis of water table response to external forces (e.g., barometric fluctuations, tides) (e.g., Carr & Van Der Kamp, ; Ferris, ). These methods have been widely implemented (e.g., Alcolea et al, ; Rotzoll et al, ; Slooten et al, ; Trefry & Bekele, ; Wang et al, ) as they are often less‐resource intensive relative to other investigative methods (e.g., boring, pumping tests) and can provide information over large length scales. Independent estimates of D can be derived from calculating the rates of tidal attenuation ( D amp , amplitude‐resolved D ) and phase lags ( D pha ; phase‐resolved D ) as the signal propagates inland.…”