A conceptual model for climatic teleconnection signal control on groundwater variability in the UK and Europe

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dc.contributor.authorRust, William
dc.contributor.authorHolman, Ian P.
dc.contributor.authorCorstanje, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorBloomfield, John
dc.contributor.authorCuthbert, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-12T15:32:31Z
dc.date.available2017-10-12T15:32:31Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-22
dc.description.abstractThe ability to predict future variability of groundwater resources in time and space is of critical importance to drought management. Periodic control on groundwater levels from oscillatory climatic systems (such as the North Atlantic Oscillation) offers a potentially valuable source of longer term forecasting capability. While some studies have found evidence of the influence of such climatic oscillations within groundwater records, there is little information on how periodic signals propagate between a climatic system and a groundwater resource. This paper develops a conceptual model of this relationship for groundwater resources in the UK and Europe, based on a review of current research. The studies reviewed here reveal key spatial and temporal signal modulations between climatic oscillations, precipitation, groundwater recharge and groundwater discharge. Generally positive correlations are found between the NAO (as a dominant influence) and precipitation in northern Europe indicating a strong control on water available for groundwater recharge. These periodic signals in precipitation are transformed by the unsaturated and saturated zones, such that signals are damped and lagged. This modulation has been identified to varying degrees, and is dependent on the shape, storage and transmissivity of an aquifer system. This goes part way towards explaining the differences in periodic signal strength found across many groundwater systems in current research. So that an understanding of these relationships can be used by water managers in building resilience to drought, several research gaps have been identified. Among these are improved quantification of spatial groundwater sensitivity to periodic control, and better identification of the hydrogeological controls on signal lagging and damping. Principally, research needs to move towards developing improved predictive capability for the use of periodic climate oscillations as indicators of longer term groundwater variability.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationRust W, Holman I, Corstanje R, et al., (2018), A conceptual model for climatic teleconnection signal control on groundwater variability in the UK and Europe. Earth-Science Reviews, Volume 177, February 2018, pp. 164-174en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0012-8252
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.09.017
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12625
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectTeleconnectionen_UK
dc.subjectHydroclimatologyen_UK
dc.subjectGroundwateren_UK
dc.subjectWater managementen_UK
dc.subjectClimateen_UK
dc.titleA conceptual model for climatic teleconnection signal control on groundwater variability in the UK and Europeen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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