This session combines presentations on recent developments in understanding, measuring, and modeling subsurface flow and transport. We aim to include solute/vapor transport processes in both the saturated (groundwater) and unsaturated (vadose) zones, as well as across boundaries (coupled surface/ground water systems) at different scales.

The correct quantification of transport processes, which occur at different spatial and temporal scales, is challenging. It strongly influences predicted spreading, dilution and mixing rates. However, dispersion, mixing and chemical reactions are local phenomena that strongly depend on the interplay between large-scale system heterogeneity and smaller-scale processes. Much effort has been placed in the fundamental understanding of these processes since they are of practical relevance to identify the fate of contaminants in surface and subsurface water that can affect human health and the environment.

The aim of this session is to discuss the effect of flow heterogeneity on transport at different scales, from pore scale up to catchment scale - including theory, modeling, laboratory and field experiments as well as applications. Our contributions deal with the questions: Is macrodispersivity a meaningful parameter? Under which conditions does spatially variable flow enhance mixing and chemical reactions? What is the role played by diffusive processes in modeling transport in porous media? How to upscale dispersion and reactive transport from pore to field-scale? What is the relation between ADE models and dynamic structures of catchment hydrology like travel time distributions? What are appropriate methods to characterize the relevant properties? What are the recent improvements in transport measurement technologies?

The session is co-sponsored by the Groundwater Commission of IAHS.

Convener: Alraune Zech | Co-conveners: Felipe de Barros, Marco Dentz, Aldo Fiori, Antonio Zarlenga
| Wed, 10 Apr, 14:00–15:45
Room 2.95
| Attendance Wed, 10 Apr, 16:15–18:00
Hall A

Attendance time: Wednesday, 10 April 2019, 16:15–18:00 | Hall A

Chairperson: Antonio Zarlenga
A.207 |
Alraune Zech, Sabine Attinger, Alberto Bellin, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Gedeon Dagan, Peter Dietrich, Aldo Fiori, and Georg Teutsch
Hall A
A.208 |
Aldo Fiori, Antonio Zarlenga, Alberto Bellin, Vladimir Cvetkovic, and Gedeon Dagan
Hall A
A.209 |
Mariaines Di Dato, Alberto Bellin, and Aldo Fiori
Hall A
A.210 |
Gedeon Dagan, Aldo Fiori, and Antonio Zarlenga
Hall A
Hall A
A.212 |
Calogero B. Rizzo and Felipe P. J. de Barros
Hall A
A.213 |
Juan J. Hidalgo and Marco Dentz
Hall A
A.214 |
Timo Houben, Thomas Kalbacher, Peter Dietrich, and Sabine Attinger
Hall A
A.215 |
Cas Neyens, Diederik Jacques, Bertrand Leterme, and Marijke Huysmans
Hall A
Hall A
A.217 |
Bartłomiej Gackiewicz, Krzysztof Lamorski, and Cezary Sławiński
Hall A
A.219 |
Reactive transport modeling of subsurface iron removal (SIR)
Sajad Fathi
Hall A
A.220 |
Haoran Sun, Xuhui Meng, and Xiaofan Yang
Hall A
A.221 |
Mohamed Azaoural, Arnaud Isch, Clara Jodry, Marion Klintzing, and Carlos Aldana
Hall A
A.222 |
Mohammad Javad Shojaei, Paul Grassia, and Nima Shokri