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Final technical day of the CLIGRO project

Last June 21st, the results achieved in the framework of the CLIGRO project were presented in a live seminar. The CLIGRO Project ends this June 3Oth after four years of productive work of technicians and researchers from different research bodies. Among the more than 50 attendees, there were managers and researchers linked to the Doñana Natural Space, the conservation of its biodiversity and water resources management. The CLIGRO team would like to thank the participants for their attendance, as well as for their intervention after the event, which are key to address real scientific transfer.

In the following link you will find the presentations made by the team members:

https://www.igme.es/CLIGRO/ReunionCLIGROPresentacionJunio2021.pdf
JORNADA TÉCNICA DEL PROYECTO CLIGRO

New article in Water Journal

Water journal has recently published the article that is part of Carmen Serrano Hidalgo's PhD and is entitled “Selecting Suitable MODFLOW Packages to Model Pond – Groundwater Relations Using a Regional Model”. The purpose of this work is to simulate the relationship between ponds and large scale regional aquifers. For this, the possibilities offered by MODFLOW LGR-V2 to represent Santa Olalla pond through the refinement of the mesh in the pond’s environment have been analyzed, and the advantages and disadvantages presented by the DRAIN, RIVER and LAKE MODFLOW packages while using MODFLOW LGR-V2.

https://doi.org/
Miguel Gonzalez Jimenez - Sede de Madrid Ismael Late David - Unidad Territorial de Sevilla

New CLIGO article in STOTEN

The study presents daily values of inward and outward vapor flux crossing the soil-atmosphere boundary in dependence on meteorological parameters and soil moisture. Measurements of vapor flux, soil moisture and meteorological parameters were evaluated during days without rainfall between 2015 and 2019. Vapor flux data were obtained at 1 min intervals by a precision lysimeter installed in the Doñana National Park, southwest Spain. Meteorological data were measured on-site at 10-min intervals, including temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity and net radiation. After manual and automatic noise elimination of the lysimeter data, time series of a summer and winter period were generated for selected relevant parameters. Furthermore, daily cumulative data of inward and outward vapor flux were calculated for the entire period and analyzed for their control by meteorological parameters and soil moisture. Results show moderate correlations of daily outward vapor flux on the diurnal amplitudes of temperature and humidity whereas daily inward vapor indicates moderate correlations with temperature and soil moisture. A correction coefficient for potential evaporation to estimate actual evaporation was determined based on soil moisture and air temperature. In the following link you can access this article: 

https://doi.org/
El equipo CLIGRO reanuda los trabajos de campo tras el confinamiento por el Covid19

New article of CLIGRO in Wetlands

The journal Wetlands has published a new article of the CLIGRO project entitled "Climate Influence Vs. Local Drivers in Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions in Eight Ponds of Doñana National Park (Southern Spain)". In this work, both satellite images and piezometric level series over two decades were analyzed to determine the degree to which the sand-dune ponds of Doñana National Park are affected by both climate change and groundwater abstractions in nearby coastal areas.

Miguel Gonzalez Jimenez - Sede de Madrid
Ismael Late David - Unidad Territorial de Sevilla

New article by CLIGRO published in Environmental Modelling and Software

The prestigious Environmental Modelling and Software has published a new CLIGRO article entitled ““D-Piper, a modified Piper diagram to represent big sets of hydrochemical analyses”. This article provides a tool designed in Python that allows a spatial-density visualization of a set of points in the Piper classic diagram, as well as their classification according to several statistical methods. Both the article and the software can be accessed through the next link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364815221000220.

Miguel Gonzalez Jimenez - Sede de Madrid
Ismael Late David - Unidad Territorial de Sevilla

IV Annual meeting of the CLIGRO project

On October 2, 2020, the annual meeting of the CLIGRO project took place in online format. The research and work team released the progress made to date, reviewed the difficulties encountered over the course of the last year and planned the tasks to be carried out until the end of June 2021, when the project will be completed thanks to an extension granted by the Ministry.

Miguel Gonzalez Jimenez - Sede de Madrid
Ismael Late David - Unidad Territorial de Sevilla

New article by CLIGRO published in Journal of Hydrology

The prestigious Journal of Hydrology has published a new CLIGRO article entitled “Comparing precision lysimeter rainfall measurements against rain gauges in a coastal dune belt, Spain”. This article reports comparative rainfall measurements by different devices including a precision lysimeter, two tipping bucket rain gauges and one weighing rain gauge.

El equipo CLIGRO reanuda los trabajos de campo tras el confinamiento por el Covid19

Doctoral thesis defense related to the CLIGRO project CLIGRO

Nuria Naranjo Fernández publicly defended his doctoral thesis on September 14, 2020. This event took place online. The thesis, titled "Interaction Data-Mathematical Model in the Aquifer Almonte-Marismas: A New Challenge" was presented in article compendium format, all included in the results of the CLIGRO project. Directors Carolina Guardiola-Albert (co-IP of CLIGRO, IGME) and Esperanza Montero-González (Complutense University of Madrid), and the entire CLIGRO team congratulate the doctor who received the highest outstanding Cum Laude rating.

Miguel Gonzalez Jimenez - Sede de Madrid
Ismael Late David - Unidad Territorial de Sevilla

CLIGRO team resumes fieldwork after confinement by Covid19 (May-June 2020)

Data download and lysimeter maintenance tasks were restarted by Fernando Ruiz Bermudo and Claus Kohfahl.

CLIGRO team resumes fieldwork after confinement by Covid19

Antonio Martínez Sánchez de la Nieta also went to another area of the aquifer for data download, maintenance of piezometric measuring equipment and arch repair.

El equipo CLIGRO reanuda los trabajos de campo tras el confinamiento por el Covid19

New article by CLIGRO published in Water

Water has published a new article entitled “Clustering Groundwater Level Time Series of the Exploited Almonte Marismas in Southwest Spain”. This article is part of the PhD work developed by Nuria Naranjo Fernández. In this work, groundwater level time series were analyzed (GWL) with k-means and time series clustering. Effective groundwater management strategies require a deep characterization of GWL fluctuations. In the following link you can access this article: https://www.mdpi.com/

New article by CLIGRO published in Water

Paper published in the Vadose Zone Journal

The Vadose Zone Journal has published a scientific article in which several members of the CLIGRO project participate. The paper is entitle “Analysis of water vapor adsorption in soils by means of a lysimeter and numerical modeling”. In this work they analyze data from a lysimeter in a sandy dune sediment in southern Spain using Codebright. The analysis explains the fluctuations of the amount of liquid water in the soil.

Paper published in the Vadose Zone Journal

Paper published in the Journal of Hydroinformatics

The Journal of Hydroinformatics has recently published the paper headed by the CLIGRO member, Héctor Aguilera. Its title is “Estimating extremely large amounts of missing precipitation data”. This work compares three statistical techniques for filling in large amounts of missing daily precipitation data.In the next link you can access this article: https://doi.org/

Paper published in the Journal of Hydroinformatics

Paper published in the Journal Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

SERRA (Electronic ISSN 1436-3259) has recently published the paper “Relevance of spatio-temporal rainfall variability regarding groundwater management challenges under global change: case study in Doñana (SW Spain)” (doi 10.1007/s00477-020-01771-7). This publication is part of the PhD work developed by Nuria Naranjo Fernandez. It is possible to get free online access until the first week of March 2020 in the following link:

https://link.springer.com/
Artículo publicado en la revista Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Two Warranty Plan contracts began: new support staff for the CLIGRO team

At the beginning of January 2020, there have been two incorporations to the CLIGRO staff. These trainee contracts are part of the Action Plan for Youth Employment from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. These contracts are a great support for the CLIGRO tasks in its last year.

Miguel Gonzalez Jimenez - Sede de Madrid
Miguel Gonzalez Jimenez - Sede de Madrid
Ismael Late David - Unidad Territorial de Sevilla
Ismael Late David - Unidad Territorial de Sevilla

Presentation of CLIGRO results in the XV NETWORK RESEARCH JORNADAS OF NATIONAL PARKS

On October 29th, results of CLIGRO project were presented in the XV NETWORK RESEARCH JORNADAS OF NATIONAL PARKS, which were held in Doñana on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

The National Parks Network Research Program aims to promote quality research on aspects related to the biology of species present in the parks and their conservation, natural systems and ecological processes , either in the social and cultural context of national parks, thus contributing effectively to improving scientific knowledge and the conservation actions of these privileged spaces.

XV JORNADAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN RED DE PARQUES NACIONALES

Representation of the CLIGRO team at the 46th annual meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeologists

During September 22-27 several members of the CLIGRO team have participated in the most important international congress on groundwater, which this year has been organized in Málaga by the Spanish group. The conference was attended by around 800 people from 83 countries of 5 continents.

During the congress, CLIGRO's scientific results were shared with the rest of the international scientific community, presenting 5 posters and 2 oral communications, as well as participating in the rest of social events and excursions.

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Monitored Vapor flux and groundwater recharge in 2 hydrological years by a precision meteo-lysimeter

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Local meteoric water line of southwest Spain

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Hydrological functioning and anthropogenic influence in four shalllow ponds by means of daily water balances. Doñana National Park, southern Spain (years 2016-17 and 2017-18)

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Hydrological changes in representative ponds at Doñana National Park (DNP) southern Spain, from 1994 to 2015

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Inverse modelling of hydrogeochemical processes analysed along a flowpath within the Doñana National Park (Southern Spain)

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Different responses of groundwater levels in Doñana aquifer through time series clustering

- Changes of the isotopic signatures and hydrochemistry in the unsaturated zone detected by a precision lysimeter installed in a dune belt (Doñana National Park, southwest Spain
Representation of the CLIGRO team at the 46th annual meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeologists 46th annual meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeologists
46th annual meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeologists 46th annual meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeologists

Paper published in the Hydrological Science Journal

The Hydrological Science Journal, on behalf of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (ISSN 0262-6667), has recently published the paper headed by the CLIGRO member, Héctor Aguilera. Its title is “Towards flexible groundwater-level prediction for adaptive water management: using Facebook’s Prophet forecasting approach”. This work tests the Prophet procedure, an open-source code released by Facebook, to predict the groundwater level.
It is possible to get 50 free online copies in the following link:  https://www.tandfonline.com/

Artículo publicado en la revista Hydrological Science Journal

CLIGRO in the V international congress Spatial Statistics: Towards Spatial Data Science

Héctor Aguilera Alonso participated in the V Congress Spatial Statistics, held in Sitges from 10 to 13 July 2019. Hector made an oral presentation of the work "Estimating extremely large amounts of precipitation missing data". In this work three imputation methods are compared with daily precipitation series in 112 meteorological stations located in Doñana area, with 64% of gaps during the period 1975-2017.

CLIGRO en el V congreso internacional “Spatial Statistics: Towards Spatial Data Science”/

III Annual meeting of CLIGRO project

In June 13, 2019 the annual meeting of the project took place in Seville, where the team updated the progress made until April 2019. . Fernando Ruiz Bermudo, Antonio Martínez Sánchez de la Nieta, Claus Kohfahl, Juan Antonio Luque Espinar, Ana Fernández Ayuso, Miguel Rodríguez Rodríguez, Héctor Aguilera Alonso, Carmen Serrano Hidalgo, Javier Heredia Diaz, Nuria Naranjo Fernández, Carolina Guardiola Albert, Rolf Fonseca, Luis Moreno Merino y Carlos Mediavilla Laso, presented and discussed the the results obtained from 2016 to April 2019.

III Annual meeting of CLIGRO project

Field campaign Santa Olalla pond

4 members of the CLIGRO project (Claus Kohfahl, Antonio Nicolás Martínez Sánchez de la Nieta, Fernando Ruíz Bermudo and the PhD student Rolf Fonseca participated in a hydrochemical sampling campaign carried out on the days between May 30 and 31, 2019.

During this campaign, the Santa Olalla Lagoon, the Santa Olalla P1, Santa Olalla P2, Santa Olalla P3, the Santa Olalla multilevel piezometer 1.2A and 2B and around the Santa Olalla lagoon with shallow and deep piezometers were sampled. The registered data of hydraulic head, humidity, electrical conductivity and temperature as well as the meteorological data were also downloaded.

Field campaign Santa Olalla pond Field campaign Santa Olalla pond

New article published in Groundwater

Groundwater has published a new article of CLIGRO project. The paper is entitled “Unraveling the hydrological behavior of a coastal pond in Doñana National Park (southwest Spain)” DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12906 . This contribution has improved the hydrological knowledge of a coastal pond by means of time series analysis. It is the last article of the Ph. D. thesis “Surface water-groundwater interactions in sand dune ponds located in Doñana National Park" developed in Pablo de Olavide University (Sevilla, Spain) by Ana Fernández Ayuso and supervised by Prof. Dr. Miguel Rodríguez Rodríguez and Prof. Dr. José Benavente Herrera.

Artículo publicado en la revista Groundwater

New article published in Water

Water has published a new article of CLIGRO project in its special issue "Heterogeneous Aquifer Modeling: Closing the Gap", which guest editor is Prof. Dr. Jaime Gómez-Hernández. Here it is the link to the paper entitled “Applying 3D Geostatistical Simulation to Improve the Groundwater Management Modelling of Sedimentary Aquifers: The Case of Doñana (Southwest Spain)”:
https://www.mdpi.com/

Revista Water

Paper published in the Journal Science of Total Environment
Free online access before 23 January 2019

STOTEN (ISSN 0048-9697) has recently published the paper headed by the CLIGRO IP, Claus Kohfahl. Its title is “Determining groundwater recharge and vapor flow in dune sediments using a weighable precision meteo lysimeter”. It is possible to get free online access until 23 January 2019 in the following link:
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1YA8eB8ccghUt

Artículo publicado en la revista Science of Total Environment

Paper published in Water Journal by the CLIGRO team in the Pablo de Olavide University

Water (ISSN 2073-4441; CODEN: WATEGH) is a peer-reviewed open access journal on water science and technology, including the ecology and management of water resources, and is published monthly online by MDPI. The paper, headed by Dr. Miguel Rodríguez Rodríguez, studies water temperature, electrical conductivity and PH in Santa Olalla and Dulce ponds.

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/10/1406

Artículo publicado en Water por el equipo de CLIGRO en la Universidad Pablo de Olavide

End of three contracts of members of the CLIGRO team

During this year, three temporary contracts of very valuable CLIGRO members have finished. Thanks to them, many tasks proposed in the CLIGRO project have been achieved.

Nuria Naranjo Fernández
Nuria Naranjo Fernández
Lidia Molano Leno
Lidia Molano Leno
Carmen Serrano Hidalgo
Carmen Serrano Hidalgo

Acquisition of relevant scientific-technical equipment related to the subprograma estatal de infraestructuras de investigación y equipamiento científico-técnico, with European Regional Development Funds (FEDER)

Last October 2018, thanks to a project led by Claus Kohfahl, new funds that will allow to continue and improve CLIGRO research. The title of the project which has won this grant is “Improvement of the network for long term monitoring of water resources recharge in the Doñana Natural Park subjected to climate change”.

Adquisición de equipamiento Científico-Técnico
 

CLIGRO team members went to the Congreso Ibérico sobre Agua Subterránea, Medio Ambiente, Salud y Patrimonio

Several CLIGRO team members went to the Congreso Ibérico sobre Agua Subterránea, Medio Ambiente, Salud y Patrimonio, organized by the Spanish Group of the International Association of Hydrogeologists in Salamanca (Spain) 12-15 November 2018. Miguel Rodríguez-Rodríguez and Ana Fernández-Ayuso presented the hydraulic model and the trend analysis in the peridunal lagoon in Doñana. There were also other subjects not directly related to CLIGRO, as the correct closure of groundwater wells, an existing problem in Doñana.

Miembros del equipo de CLIGRO fueron al Congreso Ibérico sobre Agua Subterránea, Medio Ambiente, Salud y Patrimonio
Miembros del equipo de CLIGRO fueron al Congreso Ibérico sobre Agua Subterránea, Medio Ambiente, Salud y Patrimonio

Results from CLIGRO presented in the XIV Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidrogeología, X Congreso Argentino de Hidrogeología: El Agua Subterránea: Recurso sin Fronteras and the VII Seminario Hispano – Latinoamericano Sobre Temas Actuales de la Hidrología Subterránea: Humedales vinculados al Agua Subterránea. All of them celebrated in Salta (Argentina) between the 23 to 26 October 2018

Javier Heredia Díaz, researcher from the CLIGRO team, presented the work “Estudio de la representación numérica adecuada de la laguna de Santa Olalla (P.N. de Doñana, España)”.

Resultados de CLIGRO presentados en el XIV Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidrogeología

Large representation of CLIGRO in the X Symposium on water in Andalusia held on 24-27 of October 2018 in Huelva (Spain)

The team of CLIGRO attended the X Symposium of water in Andalusia (SIAGA), held in Huelva from 24 to 27 of October 2018. The SIAGA, unique event of its theme that takes place in Spain, has been held for 37 years and has a periodic character.

Numerosa representación de CLIGRO en el X Simposio del agua en Andalucía celebrado en Huelva del 24 al 27 de octubre 2018

MEDIDA DIRECTA DE LOS COMPONENTES DEL BALANCE DE AGUA DEL SUELO EN SISTEMAS DUNARES CON UN METEO - LISÍMETRO DE ALTA PRECISIÓN. Kohfahl, C., Molano Leno, L., Martínez Suárez, D.J., Ruiz Bermudo, F., Martínez Sánchez de la Nieta, A.N., Vanderlinden, K., Martínez, G., Guardiola - Albert, C., Moreno - Merino, L., Giráldez, J.D.

ESTUDIO DE LA REORGANIZACIÓN DE LA BATERÍA DE SONDEOS DE ABASTECIMIENTO PÚBLICO A MATALASCAÑAS PARA SALVAGUARDAR LOS VALORES NATURALES DEL ENTORNO. Rebollo Baños, A., Mediavilla Laso, C., Guardiola - Albert, C., Ruiz Bermudo, F., Naranjo Fernández, N. Fernández de los Santos, N.

EVALUACIÓN DEL INTERCAMBIO DE FLUJOS HÍDRICOS EN LA LAGUNA DE SANTA OLALLA MEDIANTE EL USO DEL REFINAMIENTO NUMÉRICO LOCAL (MODFLOW - LGR) Serrano - Hidalgo, C, Heredia, J., Aguilera - Alonso, H., Naranjo - Fernández, N., Guardiola - Albert, C., Kohfahl

PROCESAMIENTO DE DATOS BRUTOS GENERADOS POR UN METEO - LISÍMETRO DE ALTA PRECISIÓN SITUADO EN SISTEMA DUNAR DE DOÑANA Martínez Suárez, D.J., Molano Leno, L., Kohfahl, C.

ESTUDIO DE LAS TENDENCIAS DE LAS PRECIPITACIONES ASOCIADAS AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO EN EL SISTEMA ACUÍFERO ALMONTE-MARISMAS Naranjo - Fernández, N., Guardiola - Albert, C., Aguilera, H., Montero-González, E., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M., Fernández-Ayuso, A., Ruíz-Bermudo, F.

CARACTERIZACIÓN Y MODELIZACIÓN HIDROQUÍMICA DE LAS LAGUNAS PERIDUNARES SITUADAS EN LA RESERVA BIOLÓGICA DE DOÑANA (HUELVA, ESPAÑA). Campos-Lendínez, C.; Fernández-Ayuso, A.; Delgado, J., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M.

Numerosa representación de CLIGRO en el X Simposio del agua en Andalucía celebrado en Huelva del 24 al 27 de octubre 2018

CLIGRO in the 45th International Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, IAH, (Daejeon, South Korea, 9-14 September 2018)

The co-lead investigator of CLIGRO, Claus Kohfahl, attended the 45th International Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, held in Daejeon (South Korea) from 9 to 14 September 2018. He explained the functioning of the lysimeter and the recent progress made on the quantification of the vapor flux and the impact of dew on the groundwater recharge with the presentation entitled "modeling high precision lysimeter data to quantify steam flux and" the impact of dew on groundwater recharge".

[Open Pdf]

CLIGRO en el 45 congreso internacional de la Asociación Internacional de Hidrogeólogos (Daejeon, Corea del Sur, 9 a 14 de septiembre de 2018)

Maintenance, downloading and data collection in the meteo-lysimeter and the Santa Olalla lagoon

Teams of IGME (Seville unit) and the Pablo de Olavide University come periodically to hydrochemical sampling, downloading data, soil sampling, renewing the batteries, infrastructure repairing and operational controlling of the equipment installed in the meteo-lysimeter, the Santa Olalla lagoon and its surroundings.

Mantenimiento, descarga y toma de datos en el lisímetro y en el entorno de la laguna de Santa Olalla
Mantenimiento, descarga y toma de datos en el lisímetro y en el entorno de la laguna de Santa Olalla Mantenimiento, descarga y toma de datos en el lisímetro y en el entorno de la laguna de Santa Olalla

CLIGRO project in EGU 2018, Vienna (9 - 13 of April 2018)

Several members of CLIGRO (Héctor Aguilera Alonso, Ana Fernández Ayuso, Carolina Guardiola Albert, Juan Antonio Luque Espinar y Miguel Rodríguez Rodríguez) presented 5 poster in the Annual Meeting of the European Geosciences Union (Vienna, Austria). The titles of the works are the following:

Proyecto CLIGRO en EGU 2018, Viena (9 al 13 de abril de 2018)

- Influence of oceanic tides on the piezometric levels of detrital aquifer of Doñana National Park (Spain)
- Estimating large amounts of missing precipitation data
- Using a Facebook model for groundwater level prediction: The Prophet forecasting procedure
- Hydrological status of the main ponds of Doñana National Park from 1994 to 2015 using telemetry and piezometry
- Using three different thermal approaches to characterize the physical limnology and surface – groundwater relations in a pond (Doñana National Park, Spain)
Proyecto CLIGRO en EGU 2018, Viena (9 al 13 de abril de 2018) Proyecto CLIGRO en EGU 2018, Viena (9 al 13 de abril de 2018)
Proyecto CLIGRO en EGU 2018, Viena (9 al 13 de abril de 2018) Proyecto CLIGRO en EGU 2018, Viena (9 al 13 de abril de 2018)

Measuring in the field

After the meeting of the project, on 16 February the team went to the field to perform the periodical activities of sampling and downloading data.

Ensayo de trazadores en las inmediaciones del meteo-lisímetro
Taking soil samples for the tracer test analysis

Ensayo de trazadores en las inmediaciones del meteo-lisímetro
Downloading piezometric data
in the vicinities of Santa Olalla lagoon

Ensayo de trazadores en las inmediaciones del meteo-lisímetro
Downloading piezometric data
in the center of Santa Olalla lagoon

Annual meeting of CLIGRO project

In February 15, 2018 the annual meeting of the project took place in Seville, where the team updated the progress made in 2017. Lidia Molano Leno presented the results of new instrumental installation and initial analysis of the lysimeter data tasks. Miguel Rodríguez Rodríguez presented the progress made thanks to the existing equipment in the environment of the lagoon of Santa Olalla. Juan Antonio Luque Espinar showed the results of the spectral analysis of piezometric data. Finally, Guardiola Carolina Albert explained the execution of the tracer test and presented the 3D geological model of the aquifer developed with geostatistical techniques.

Ensayo de trazadores en las inmediaciones del meteo-lisímetro

Course

Between 11th and 15th of December 2017 Nuria Naranjo and Carmen Serrano, member of the CLIGRO project, improved their technical skills in the Cordoba University. They followed the course "Unveling soil moisture at any spatial scale: measuement, monitoring and modeling techniques".

Curso - Unveling soil moisture at any spatial scale: measuement, monitoring and modeling techniques

CLIGRO project in XIII Congress of Unsaturated Zone Research, Zaragoza (8 - 10 of November 2017)

Claus Kohfahl presented in an oral communication recent results of high precision measurements of meteorological and soil water components in the Doñana National Park.
[Presentation PDF]

Proyecto CLIGRO en las XIII Jornadas de Investigación de la Zona No Saturada, Zaragoza (8 - 10 de noviembre 2017)

CLIGRO project in Congress on Groundwater and Global Change in the Western Mediterranean

Between November 6th and 9th, members of the CLIGRO project presented their progress by participating in the congress with three contributions:

- A poster, presented by Nuria Naranjo Fernández, about the improvements in the hydrogeological MODFLOW model of Almonte-Marismas aquifer.

Proyecto CLIGRO en el Congress on Groundwater and Global Change in the Western Mediterranean

 - A poster, presented by Héctor Aguilera Alonso, about the piezometric predictions in Matalascañas (Huelva) using the Prophet software, commonly used for Facebook for the data analysis.

- An oral presentation, presented by Lidia Molano Leno, concerning the advances in the data of the lysimeter of the coastal dunes of Doñana owned by IGME.

Proyecto CLIGRO en el Congress on Groundwater and Global Change in the Western Mediterranean Proyecto CLIGRO en el Congress on Groundwater and Global Change in the Western Mediterranean

Tracer test in the vicinity of the meto lysimeter

October 18 2017, members of the CLIGRO project carried out a tracer test in the surroundings of the lysimeter having IGME in Doñana. The test consisted in the introduction of three tracers harmless to health and environment (BrK, BrLi, NO3K) in an area of 6 x 3 m2. The injection system was with a watering can.

Ensayo de trazadores en las inmediaciones del meteo-lisímetro

The test will last 18 months, taking monthly soil samples of 2 m. A sample was taken to measure the value of the tracers before the injection of the tracers.

Ensayo de trazadores en las inmediaciones del meteo-lisímetro Ensayo de trazadores en las inmediaciones del meteo-lisímetro

Field campaign in the lagoon of Santa Olalla

6 members of the project CLIGRO (Claus Kohfahl, Antonio Nicolas Martínez Sánchez de la Nieta, Fernando Ruíz Bermudo, Lidia Molano Leno, Daniel Jesús Martínez Suárez, and Romy David) participated in a field campaign carried out between 18-22 September 2017.

Campaign field in the lagoon of Santa Olalla

During this campaign, 3 points were equipped (Santa Olalla P1, Santa Olalla P2, and Santa Olalla P3) in the surroundings of the lagoon of Santa Olalla with shallow piezometers. In the piezometers of P2 and P3 level, conductivity and temperature sensors for continuous recording were installed. In these points TDR humidity sensors were jointly installed. A meteorological station was also installed.

CLIGRO IN THE
17. GUMPENSTEINER LYSIMETERTAGUNG CONGRESS

Last May 9 2017 Stefan Engelhardt (UMS company) presented one poster with results from the CLIGRO Project in the 17. Gumpensteiner Lysimetertagung congress, held in the Höhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Gumpenstein Institute (Raumber-Gumpesntein, Austria), from 9 to 10 May 2017. The poster shows groundwater recharge estimations computed from lysimeter measurements, comparing them with the approximation obtained from data taken with a tipping bucket rain gauge.

CLIGRO EN EL CONGRESO 17. GUMPENSTEINER LYSIMETERTAGUNG

ENSEGID INTERNSHIP IN THE CLIGRO PROJECT

In early May Romy David joined the project CLIGRO to carry out an internship in hydrology and hydrogeology. She is studying in ENSEGID (École Nationale Supérieure en Environnement, Géoressources et Ingénierie du Développement Durable, Bordeaux, France). Romy David will be until September of this year 2017 in the IGME’s office in Sevilla.

The major tasks that take place within the CLIGRO project are: participation in fieldwork and the campaigns of sampling, statistical evaluation of data of groundwater, organization of data base, hydraulic modeling and hydrochemistry, data analysis of isotopes, statistical analysis and programming.

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PRÁCTICAS DE ENSEGID EN EL PROYECTO CLIGRO

CLIGRO PROJECT IN PABLO DE OLAVIDE UNIVERSITY

On Thursday May 11 2017, in the framework of the VII seminar series of the Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems of the Pablo de Olavide University, Miguel Rodríguez Rodríguez, member of the research team of the CLIGRO Project, , gave the seminar Andalusian lagoons. Functioning, origin and degradation.”.

Professor Rodriguez looked at the important and diverse heritage lagoons in Andalusia. The variety of geology in this region has influenced, to a large extent, the existence of very different types of lagoons: from small glacial accumulations of low salinity up to extensive and flat hypersaline lagoons located in the countryside.

CLIGRO PROJECT IN PABLO DE OLAVIDE UNIVERSITY
CLIGRO PROJECT IN GEOLODÍA 17

On Saturday May 6 2017, Miguel Rodríguez Rodríguez, member of the research team of the CLIGRO Project, participated in the organization and development of Geolodía 17, in the province of Seville (Spain). Geolodía is an activity organized by the Geological Society of Spain that aims to bring to society both geology and the profession of geologist.

Geolodía 2017
On this occasion the endorheic complex of La Lantejuela was visited, interpreting the geological context, the genesis and the hydrological functioning of the lagoons.

In the following link more details can be found: https://www.upo.es/diario/

CLIGRO PROJECT IN EGU 2017

CLIGRO PROJECT IN EGU 2017

Members of the CLIGRO project research team participated the past April 2017 in the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, hold in Vienna (Austria).

CLIGRO PROJECT IN EGU 2017

CLIGRO PROJECT IN EGU 2017

A poster presentation analyses the spatiotemporal variability rainfall and its relation with wetlands hydroperiods with geostatistical tools.

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Boceto IGME2016

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