Modeling the response of groundwater levels in wells to changes in barometric pressure

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Modeling the influence of changes in barometric pressure on groundwater levels in wells

“…The ®nite element equations for groundwater¯ow are formulated by the Galerkin's weighted volume integration (Seo 1999). The physical conceptual model in this study will be referred as the FEMBARO model after this point.…”

Comparing Methods of Barometric Efficiency Characterization for Specific Storage Estimation

“…Assessments of aquifer confinement status (in order to ensure semi-confined or confined conditions) when using time series methods have also been limited (e.g., Rahi and Halihan 2013;Acworth et al 2015;Dong et al 2015). Confined aquifer Robinson and Bell (1971) Appalachian Mountains, USA LR Rhoads and Robinson (1979) Virginia, USA GR, LR, DMA Galloway and Rojstaczer (1988) Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA Q&R Robson and Banta (1990) Colorado, USA CLK Beavan et al (1991) Aswan, Egypt Unclear Geldon et al (1997) Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA LR Rasmussen and Crawford (1997) Savannah River Site, USA LR, D&R, R&C Seo (1999) Iowa, USA LR, NM Hobbs and Fourie (2000) Vaal River Barrage, South Africa LR Sahu (2004) Ohio, USA LR Rasmussen and Mote (2007) Savannah River Site, USA LR, R&C Rahi and Halihan (2009) Oklahoma, USA RAH Butler et al (2011) Kansas, USA R&C Darner and Sheets (2012) Great Lakes Region, USA CLK Hussein et al (2013) East Yorkshire, UK Q&R Odling et al (2015) East Yorkshire, UK Q&R, AM, NM Augustine (2015) Alberta, Canada LR, CLK, RAH, GR, R&C Dong et al (2015) Kyushu, Japan CLK Fuentes-Arreazola et al (2018) Baja California Peninsula, Mexico RAH Acworth and Brain (2008) New South Wales, Australia A&B, GR Acworth et al (2015) New South Wales, Australia A&B Acworth et al (2016) New South Wales, Australia ACW Acworth et al (2017) New South Wales, Australia ACW Turnadge et al (this article) Western Australia, Australia AoR, MoR, LR, CLK, RAH, Q&R, ACW, R&C Unconfined aquifer Hare and Morse (1997) New York State, USA LR Hare and Morse (1999) New York State, USA LR Barr et al (2000) Saskatchewan, Canada BAR Lee and Lee (2000) Wonju, South Korea Q&R, CLK Spane a...…”

“…Consistent elliptical patterns are commonly observed in such plots; slopes of the principal axes of these ellipses provide estimates of BE. Analytical modeling (Odling et al ) and numerical modeling (Seo ) have also been used to interpret groundwater pressure responses.…”

Avoiding confusion between pressure front pulse displacement and groundwater displacement: Illustration with the pumping test in a confined aquifer

“…In the field of hydrology, a relatively abundant body of literature is available on the subject of differentiation between water celerity (pressure front pulse velocity) and water velocity (water displacement) at the watershed scale (McDonnell & Beven, ; Singh, ; Singh, ). In the field of hydrogeology, there is abundant literature on pressure waves induced by phenomena such as sea tides, fluctuations in atmospheric pressure, and groundwater head fluctuations that are subjected to other stresses (Weeks, ; Van Der Kamp & Gale, ; Rojstaczer, ; Furbish, ; Rasmussen & Crawford, ; Seo, ; Kulkarni, Datta‐Gupta, & Vasco, ; Vasco et al, 2000; Spane, ; Merritt, 2004; He, Datta‐Gupta, & Vasco, ; Toll & Rasmussen, ; Von Asmuth, Maas, Bakker, & Petersen, ; Chapuis, ; Vasco, 2011; Brauchler et al, ; Anochikwa, van der Kamp, & Barbour, ; Hussein, Odling, & Clark, ).…”