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Abstract
Estimating groundwater recharge rates is vitally important to understanding and managing groundwater. Numerous studies have used collated recharge datasets to understand and project regional or global-scale recharge rates. However, a key challenge stems from the inherent variability in recharge estimation methods utilised across these collations. Recharge estimation methods each carry distinct assumptions, address different recharge components, and operate over varied temporal scales. To address these challenges, this study uses a comprehensive dataset of over 200,000 groundwater chloride measurements to estimate groundwater recharge rates using the chloride mass balance (CMB) method throughout Australia. Recharge rates were produced stochastically using the groundwater chloride dataset and supplemented by gridded chloride deposition, runoff, and precipitation datasets within a Python framework. After QA/QC and data filtering, the resulting recharge rates and 17 spatial datasets are integrated into a random forest regression algorithm, generating a high-resolution (0.05°) model of recharge rates across Australia. This study presents a robust and automated approach to estimate recharge using the CMB method, offering a unified model based on a single estimation method. The resulting datasets, the Python script for recharge rate calculation, and the spatial recharge models collectively provide valuable insights for water resources management across the vast and dry Australian continent and similar approaches can be applied globally. If you use the datasets, gridded map output files, or Python scripts, we would appreciate it if you could cite the associated publication in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Details of the journal article will be made available upon final publication. For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Stephen Lee on stephen.lee@cdu.edu.au.
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| This resource updates and replaces a previous version | Lee, S. (2023). A high-resolution map of diffuse groundwater recharge rates for Australia, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/088b1f35ee1b4c348a44a6cbad21250d |
| This resource has been replaced by a newer version | Lee, S. (2024). A high-resolution map of diffuse groundwater recharge rates for Australia, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/5e7b8bfcc1514680902f8ff43cc254b8 |
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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
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| Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia | Water Security Program | AT.7.2223014 |
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