Author(s): Charalampos Doulgeris; Andreas Panagopoulos; Vassilios Pisinaras
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Abstract: In this work, a groundwater assessment of the coastal aquifer of Rhodope-NE Greece is provided under current and future climatic conditions. For this purpose, the FEFLOW software package is used to compile a model based on the regional hydrogeological conceptualisation, calibrate it in steady and transient state modes, and subsequently simulate the groundwater system flow for the period 2002-2019. The calibrated model is used to assess climate change impact on groundwater balance and level fluctuation with bias-corrected climate data for the periods 2031-2050 from RCA4 regional climate model driven by 3 different global circulation models. The results indicate that the fluctuations of precipitation are affecting groundwater recharge and consequently groundwater availability, despite the fact that groundwater recharge contribution to inflows is not high.
Year: 2022