Daily hidrometric and stable isotope database at Quebrada Grande rainforest catchment, Costa Rica
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| Owners: | Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo |
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| Created: | May 18, 2021 at 12:16 a.m. |
| Last updated: | May 19, 2021 at 4:11 p.m. (Metadata update) |
| Published date: | May 19, 2021 at 4:11 p.m. |
| DOI: | 10.4211/hs.0cdad4c81d2545408e43867d48fedfe9 |
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Abstract
There is still limited understanding of how waters mix, where waters come from and for how long they reside in tropical catchments. In this study, we used a tracer-aided model (TAM) and a gamma convolution integral model (GM) to assess runoff generation, mixing processes, water ages and transit times (TT) in the pristine humid tropical rainforest Quebrada Grande catchment in central Costa Rica. Models are based on a four-year data record (2016 to 2019) of continuous hydrometric and stable isotope observations. Both models agreed on a young water component of fewer than 95 days in age for 75% of the study period. The streamflow water ages ranged from around two months for wetter years (2017) and up to 9.5 months for drier (2019) years with a better agreement between the GM estimated TTs and TAM water ages for younger waters. Such short TTs and water ages result from high annual rainfall volumes even during drier years with 4,300 mm of annual precipitation (2019) indicating consistent quick near-surface runoff generation with limited mixing of waters and a supra-regional groundwater flow of likely unmeasured older waters. The TAM in addition to the GM allowed simulating streamflow (KGE > 0.78), suggesting an average groundwater contribution of less than 40% to streamflow. The model parameter uncertainty was constrained in calibration using stable water isotopes (δ2H), justifying the higher TAM model parameterization. We conclude that the multi-model analysis provided consistent water age estimates of a young water dominated catchment. This study represents an outlier compared to the globally predominant old water paradox, exhibiting a tropical rainforest catchment with higher new water fractions than older water.
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| Start Date: | 01/01/2016 |
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| End Date: | 12/31/2019 |
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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
| Agency Name | Award Title | Award Number |
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| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | COS/7/005; RC-19747 (CRP-F31004 and CRP-F31005) | |
| Research Office of Universidad Nacional (Heredia, Costa Rica) | ||
| Empresa de Servicios Públicos de Heredia (ESPH) |
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| Name | Organization | Address | Phone | Author Identifiers |
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| Costa Rica) Research Office of Universidad Nacional (Heredia | Research Office of Universidad Nacional (Heredia, Costa Rica) | |||
| Empresa de Servicios Públicos de Heredia (ESPH) | Empresa de Servicios Públicos de Heredia (ESPH) |
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