GW/SW-MST: A groundwater/surface-water method selection tool

Steven Hammett; Frederick Day-Lewis; Brett Russell Trottier; Paul M. Barlow; Martin A. Briggs; Geoffrey N. Delin; Judson Harvey; Carole D. Johnson; John W. Lane Jr.; D. O. Rosenberry; Dale D. Werkema

doi:10.1111/gwat.13194

GW/SW-MST: A groundwater/surface-water method selection tool

Groundwater

By: Steven Hammett, Frederick Day-Lewis, Brett Russell Trottier, Paul M. Barlow, Martin A. Briggs, Geoffrey N. Delin, Judson Harvey, Carole D. Johnson, John W. Lane Jr., D. O. Rosenberry, and Dale D. Werkema

https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13194

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Abstract

Groundwater/surface-water (GW/SW) exchange and hyporheic processes are topics receiving increasing attention from the hydrologic community. Hydraulic, chemical, temperature, geophysical, and remote sensing methods are used to achieve various goals (e.g., inference of GW/SW exchange, mapping of bed materials, etc.), but the application of these methods is constrained by site conditions such as water depth, specific conductance, bed material, and other factors. Researchers and environmental professionals working on GW/SW problems come from diverse fields and rarely have expertise in all available field methods; hence there is a need for guidance to design field campaigns and select methods that both contribute to study goals and are likely to work under site-specific conditions. Here, we present the spreadsheet-based GW/SW-Method Selection Tool (GW/SW-MST) to help practitioners identify methods for use in GW/SW and hyporheic studies. The GW/SW-MST is a Microsoft Excel-based decision support tool in which the user selects answers to questions about GW/SW-related study goals and site parameters and characteristics. Based on user input, the tool indicates which methods from a toolbox of 32 methods could potentially contribute to achieving the specified goals at the site described.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	GW/SW-MST: A groundwater/surface-water method selection tool
Series title	Groundwater
DOI	10.1111/gwat.13194
Volume	60
Issue	6
Year Published	2022
Language	English
Publisher	National Groundwater Association (NGWA)
Contributing office(s)	WMA - Earth System Processes Division
Description	8 p.
First page	784
Last page	791
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