A coupled surface-subsurface hydrologic model to assess groundwater flood risk spatially and temporally. Yu, X., Moraetis, D., Nikolaidis, N. P., Li, B., Duffy, C., & Liu, B. Environmental Modelling & Software, 114:129 – 139, 2019.
A coupled surface-subsurface hydrologic model to assess groundwater flood risk spatially and temporally [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Floods introduced by rainfall events are responsible for tremendous economic and property losses. It is important to delineate flood prone areas to minimize flood damages and make mitigation plans. Recently, there has been recognition of the need to understand the risk from groundwater flooding caused by the emergence of groundwater at the ground surface. Mapping groundwater flood risk is more challenging compared to river flooding, especially in karst systems, where subsurface preferential flowpaths can affect groundwater flow. We developed a coupled surface-subsurface modelling framework resolving spatial information and hydrologic data to assess the groundwater flood risk at a karstic watershed: Koiliaris River Basin, Greece. The simulated groundwater table was used to delineate groundwater flooding. Modelled results revealed the role of faults in groundwater flooding generation. We anticipate the coupled surface-subsurface approach to be a starting point for more sophisticated flooding risk assessment, including magnitude and temporal duration of groundwater flooding.
@article{yu_coupled_2019,
	title = {A coupled surface-subsurface hydrologic model to assess groundwater flood risk spatially and temporally},
	volume = {114},
	issn = {1364-8152},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815218309204},
	doi = {10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.01.008},
	abstract = {Floods introduced by rainfall events are responsible for tremendous economic and property losses. It is important to delineate flood prone areas to minimize flood damages and make mitigation plans. Recently, there has been recognition of the need to understand the risk from groundwater flooding caused by the emergence of groundwater at the ground surface. Mapping groundwater flood risk is more challenging compared to river flooding, especially in karst systems, where subsurface preferential flowpaths can affect groundwater flow. We developed a coupled surface-subsurface modelling framework resolving spatial information and hydrologic data to assess the groundwater flood risk at a karstic watershed: Koiliaris River Basin, Greece. The simulated groundwater table was used to delineate groundwater flooding. Modelled results revealed the role of faults in groundwater flooding generation. We anticipate the coupled surface-subsurface approach to be a starting point for more sophisticated flooding risk assessment, including magnitude and temporal duration of groundwater flooding.},
	journal = {Environmental Modelling \& Software},
	author = {Yu, Xuan and Moraetis, Daniel and Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P. and Li, Bailing and Duffy, Christopher and Liu, Bingjun},
	year = {2019},
	keywords = {Coupled surface-subsurface model, Critical zone observatory, Groundwater flooding, Koiliaris river basin, PIHM, Risk assessment},
	pages = {129 -- 139},
}

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