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A modelling framework to analyze climate change effects on radionuclide aquifer contamination

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Th) at Kirtland Air Force Base (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA), for which the different CBCs considered are: i) stationary and ii) non-stationary precipitation. The effects of such alternative hypotheses on the physical modelling results are analysed, using a cross-wavelet analysis. It is shown that fluence is strongly affected by precipitation extremes, more than concentration, and it is claimed that a daily scale on the information and data of CBCs is necessary to model, with sufficient accuracy, the migration process and properly assess the impact of future CC on groundwater contamination.

Source: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2024.104470

Authors: Thomas Matteo Coscia, Francesco Di Maio, Enrico Zio

Institutions: Politecnico di Milano, Centre de Recherche sur les Risques et les Crises, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris

Language: English

Topic: Groundwater flow and contamination studies

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Climate action

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,450