HGS RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT – Development of an integrated numerical flow model in the Prairie Environment
A recent publication by researchers at the University of Regina uses HydroGeoSphere to investigate the impact of climate variability and different groundwater withdrawal scenarios on groundwater levels in the Leech Lake aquifer. This paper provides an excellent introduction to the use of HGS in semi-arid prairie regions, making use of the built-in evapotransporation and snowmelt processes to estimate overall recharge rates under various climate scenarios (including extreme drought).
HGS Research Highlight - Solute transport processes in flow-event-driven stream–aquifer interaction
This post features a recent study by Xie et al., 2016, who used HydroGeoSphere to investigate the interaction between streams and groundwater controls on key features of stream hydrographs and chemographs.