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A high-resolution map of diffuse groundwater recharge rates for Australia


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Created: Oct 16, 2023 at 4:13 a.m.
Last updated: Feb 19, 2024 at 5:43 a.m. (Metadata update)
Published date: Oct 18, 2023 at 2:27 p.m.
DOI: 10.4211/hs.088b1f35ee1b4c348a44a6cbad21250d
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Abstract

Estimating groundwater recharge rates is vitally important to understanding and managing groundwater. Numerous studies have used collated recharge datasets to understand and project regional or global-scale recharge rates. However, a key challenge stems from the inherent variability in recharge estimation methods utilised across these collations. Recharge estimation methods each carry distinct assumptions, address different recharge components, and operate over varied temporal scales. To address these challenges, this study uses a comprehensive dataset of over 200,000 groundwater chloride measurements to estimate groundwater recharge rates using the chloride mass balance (CMB) method throughout Australia. Recharge rates were produced stochastically using the groundwater chloride dataset and supplemented by gridded chloride deposition, runoff, and precipitation datasets within a Python framework. After QA/QC and data filtering, the resulting recharge rates and 17 spatial datasets are integrated into a random forest regression algorithm, generating a high-resolution (0.05°) model of recharge rates across Australia. This study presents a robust and automated approach to estimate recharge using the CMB method, offering a unified model based on a single estimation method. The resulting datasets, the Python script for recharge rate calculation, and the spatial recharge models collectively provide valuable insights for water resources management across the vast and dry Australian continent and similar approaches can be applied globally. If you use the datasets, gridded map output files, or Python scripts, we would appreciate it if you could cite the associated publication in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Details of the journal article will be made available upon final publication. For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Stephen Lee on stephen.lee@cdu.edu.au.

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Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
-9.9750°
East Longitude
154.0250°
South Latitude
-44.0250°
West Longitude
111.9750°

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The following web services are available for data contained in this resource. Geospatial Feature and Raster data are made available via Open Geospatial Consortium Web Services. The provided links can be copied and pasted into GIS software to access these data. Multidimensional NetCDF data are made available via a THREDDS Data Server using remote data access protocols such as OPeNDAP. Other data services may be made available in the future to support additional data types.

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This resource has been replaced by a newer version Lee, S. (2024). A high-resolution map of diffuse groundwater recharge rates for Australia, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/a4b85253ed3241658548e23d5ef69c9b

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Funding Agencies

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia Water Security Program AT.7.2223014

How to Cite

Lee, S. (2023). A high-resolution map of diffuse groundwater recharge rates for Australia, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.088b1f35ee1b4c348a44a6cbad21250d

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