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| URI: | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/8D42177F-8502-4B4E-9B40-0F1098903D2B | ||
| Year | 2013 | ||
| Type of Item | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | ||
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| Bibliographic Citation | V. Pisinaras , C. Petalas, V.A. Tsihrintzis, and G.P. Karatzas, "Integrated modeling as a decision-aiding tool for groundwater management in a Mediterranean agricultural watershed," Hydrological Processes, vol. 27, no. 14, pp. 1973–1987, Jul. 2013. doi: 10.1002/hyp.9331 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9331 | ||
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A decision-aiding methodology for agricultural groundwater management is presented; it is based on the combination of a watershed model, a groundwater flow model, and an optimization model. This methodology was applied to an agricultural watershed in northeastern Greece. The watershed model used was the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), which provided recharge rates for the aquifers. These recharge rates were imported in the well-known MODFLOW groundwater flow model. Both models were calibrated and verified using field data. Then, the nonlinear optimization problem was solved by a piecewise linearization process, in which the Simplex algorithm was applied sequentially. Apart from several pumping and climate change sensitivity scenarios, a land use change scenario and a climate change scenario, combining the three models, were tested, showing the ability of this methodology to be used in the decision-making process.
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