| Joint modelling of surface and subsurface systems is necessary to assess the
quantity and quality of the water resources in a watershed. Therefore, it is
widely applied in integrated regional models.
The presented study deals with
groundwater modelling within the framework of the integrated regional model
MOSDEW, which is being developed for the Neckar catchment in Germany with the
objective of contributing to the implementation of the EU Water Framework
Directive (EU-WFD) (www.rivertwin.org). The groundwater model aims at
obtaining a better understanding of the groundwater recharge processes and at
evaluating the groundwater resources on watershed scale. In this paper the
developed coupling method is described. Furthermore the groundwater model
construction based on the available database and first calibration results
are presented. |