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Groundwater recharge and flow: Approaches and challenges for monitoring and modeling using remotely sensed data: A Workshop

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Water security is essential for the sustainability of healthy human populations, economic growth, and the stability of communities and nations. Approximately 30% of all freshwater on Earth exists as groundwater. Particularly in arid regions, groundwater may be the most accessible water supply for any purpose. This workshop will examine current approaches and challenges for quantitative evaluation of groundwater storage, flow, or recharge at different scales using remotely sensed data, proxy data and modeling, particularly for regions where in situ measurements, observations, and instrumentation may be difficult to obtain.

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Groundwater Recharge and Flow: Approaches and Challenges for Monitoring and Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data: Proceedings of a Workshop

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2019

Water of appropriate quantity and quality is essential for drinking, sanitation, and food, energy, and industrial production for any society and is derived for most needs from surface- or groundwater sources. Studies suggest that groundwater use in irrigation globally is increasing in total volume a...

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Workshop Goals:
- Assess regional freshwater budgets under major use scenarios (e.g., agriculture, industry, municipal);
- Examine state of the art and research frontiers in characterizing groundwater aquifers, including residence time, quantity, flow, depletion, and recharge, using remotely sensed observations and proxy data;
- Discuss groundwater model uncertainties and methods for mitigating them using sparse ground observations or data and other approaches; and
- Consider our ability to detect which water management strategies (e.g., water reuse, irrigation efficiencies, desalination) that affect groundwater flow and recharge are being used and any changes in their use over time.

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Featured publication

Groundwater Recharge and Flow: Approaches and Challenges for Monitoring and Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data: Proceedings of a Workshop

Event Recording (Video, Audio)