Groundwater levels in a changing climate

Aim: The project aims at describing how climate change can affect groundwater recharge and groundwater levels in different parts of Sweden and different types of aquifers. A simple water balance model is used together with present-day climate data, and thereafter climate change scenarios, for all of Sweden.

Duration: 2008

Funded by: SGU

Responsible at SMHI: Göran Lindström

External partners: Professor Allan Rodhe, Uppsala University