Noordplas Polder - Netherlands
Location
Catchment size
37 km²
Climate
Maritime
Geology
Topography
Vegetation/Land use
Context of investigation
- hydrologic processes including water quality, salinisation and water management
Measurements/Equipment
- Meteorological station dating from 1996 to the present are available
- Runoff/ Water level monitoring
- Piezometers
- Soil moisture
Links to project webpages
other Links
References
- de Louw,P.G.B., Vandenbohede, A., Werner, A.D., Oude Essink, G.H.P. 2013.Natural saltwater upconing by preferential groundwater discharge through boils. Journal of Hydrology, 490, 74–87, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.025.
- de Louw,P.G.B., van der Velde, Y., van der Zee, S.E.A.T.M. 2011. Quantifying water and salt fluxes in a lowland polder catchment dominated by boil seepage: a probabilistic end-member mixing approach. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2101–2117, DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2101-2011.
- de Louw,P.G.B., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Stuyfzand, P.J., van der Zee, S.E.A.T.M. 2010.Upward groundwater flow in boils as the dominant mechanism of salinization in deep polders, The Netherlands. Journal of Hydrology, 394, 494–506, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.009.