Three-dimensional groundwater flow model use and application : Bishop Basin, Owens Valley, California
| dc.contributor.author | Radell, Mary Jo. | |
| dc.creator | Radell, Mary Jo. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-28T14:13:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-11-28T14:13:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/192011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Groundwater models used appropriately, are useful tools in water management decisions. For this study, input parameter sensitivity was analyzed for a three-dimensional groundwater model which depicted effects of pumping and varying recharge on water levels in northern Owens Valley. Sensitivity analysis determined that transmissivity, total recharge, and increases in stream and canal recharge significantly affected results in the Bishop Basin model. Vertical conductance, changes in evapotranspiration, flowing well production, and added precipitation were insensitive parameters. Groundwater pumping affected water levels in both confined and unconfined aquifers in the vicinity of production wells and, to a lesser extent, in areas away from well fields. Water level recovery occurred with above-normal runoff, but remained depressed with insufficient recharge to the groundwater system. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydrology. | |
| dc.subject | Groundwater flow -- California -- Owens Valley. | |
| dc.subject | Groundwater flow -- Mathematical models. | |
| dc.title | Three-dimensional groundwater flow model use and application : Bishop Basin, Owens Valley, California | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.chair | Maddock III, Thomas | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 213340487 | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Hydrology and Water Resources | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Graduate College | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | hydrology collection | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-05-18T02:48:16Z | |
| html.description.abstract | Groundwater models used appropriately, are useful tools in water management decisions. For this study, input parameter sensitivity was analyzed for a three-dimensional groundwater model which depicted effects of pumping and varying recharge on water levels in northern Owens Valley. Sensitivity analysis determined that transmissivity, total recharge, and increases in stream and canal recharge significantly affected results in the Bishop Basin model. Vertical conductance, changes in evapotranspiration, flowing well production, and added precipitation were insensitive parameters. Groundwater pumping affected water levels in both confined and unconfined aquifers in the vicinity of production wells and, to a lesser extent, in areas away from well fields. Water level recovery occurred with above-normal runoff, but remained depressed with insufficient recharge to the groundwater system. |
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