KARMA Deliverables
Work Package 1 - Project Management, Dissemination & Communication
- Deliverable 1.1 Data management plan and consortium agreement
- Deliverable 1.2 Desgin of KARMA website
- Deliverable 1.3 Dissemination plan
- Deliverable 1.4 Exploitation plan
- Deliverable 1.5 Setup of a data management platform
- Deliverable 1.6 Educational brochure on karst
- Deliverable 1.7 Preparation of KARMA policy briefs and a brochure
Work Package 2 - Water availability
- Deliverable 2.1 Preliminary water budget
- Deliverable 2.2 Recharge evaluation
- Deliverable 2.3 Stable Isotopes
- Deliverable 2.4 Tracer tests
- Deliverable 2.6 Spring discharge monitoring
- Deliverable 2.7 Uncertainties in water budget
- Deliverable 2.8 Water availability
Work Package 3 - Water quality
- Deliverable 3.1 Design and implementation of the Mediterranean karst springs monitoring network
- Deliverable 3.2 Preparatory actions for the development and implementation of early warning systems (EWS) for spring water contamination
- Deliverable 3.3 Validation of individual EWS for spring and system efficiency assessment
- Deliverable 3.4 Vulnerability mapping, validation and risk assessment in Mediterranean karst sites
- Deliverable 3.5 Evaluation of karst groundwater-dependent ecosystems (KGDE) environmental status
Work Package 4 - Modeling tools
- Deliverable 4.1 Report of topology of karst system
- Deliverable 4.2 Aplication of lumped parameter modeling at the KARMA test sites
- Deliverable 4.3 Application of Artificial Neural Network models at KARMA test sites
- Deliverable 4.4 Release of modeling tools: Lumped parameter modeling (https://github.com/HSM-hydro/KARMA_D44)
- Deliverable 4.4 Release of modeling tools: Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) (https://github.com/KITHydrogeology/KARMA_Project)
- Deliverable 4.5 Development of physically-based numerical models (spatially distributed) for karst hydrodynamics
- Deliverable 4.6 Release of modeling tools: Release of modeling tools for distributed modeling (https://github.com/maliouache/KARSTGEN)
Work Package 5 - Mediterranean karst aquifer map & database
- Deliverable 5.1 "Report a karst feature"
- Deliverable 5.2 MEDKAM final Geodatabase
- Deliverable 5.3 Printed MEDKAM
- Deliverable 5.4 MEDKAM Web-GIS and digital map
- Deliverable 5.5 "White paper" describing MEDKAM
KARMA policy briefs
- Karst groundwater pollution risk in the Mediterranean region
- Investigation of changes in groundwater storage in the Euro-Mediterranean region using GRACE satellite data
- Modeling karst spring discharge with Artificial Neural Networks
- Reservoir Modeling
- Karst groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the Mediterranean region
- Karst groundwater availability in the Mediterranean region
- Early warning System for karst groundwater contamination
- Groundwater vulnerability mapping to pollution in Mediterranean karst sites
KARMA Publications
- Cinkus G, Mazzilli N, Jourde H, Wunsch A, Liesch T, Ravbar N, Chen Z, Goldscheider, N (2023) Technical note: When best is the enemy of good – critical evaluation of performance criteria in hydrological models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Preprint.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-380 - Cinkus G, Wunsch A, Mazzilli N, Liesch T, Chen Z, Ravbar N, Doummar J, Fernández-Ortega J, Barberá JA, Andreo B, Goldscheider N, Jourde H (2023) Comparison of Artificial Neural Networks and Reservoir models for simulating karst spring discharge. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27, 1961–1985.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1961-2023 - Cinkus G, Mazzilli N, Jourde, H. (2021) Identification of relevant indicators for the assessment of karst systems hydrological functioning: proposal of a new classification. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 603, Part C, 127006.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127006 - Cinkus G, Mazzilli N, Jourde, H (2023) KarstID: An R Shiny application for the analysis of karst spring discharge time series and the classification of karst systems hydrological functioning. Environmental Earth Sciences Issue 82, 136.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10830-5 - Doummar J, Fahs M, Aoun M, ElGhawi R, Othman J, Alali M, Kassem HA (2022) Assessment of water quality and quantity of springs at a pilot-scale: Applications in semi-arid Mediterranean areas in Lebanon. American Geophysical Union books: Threats to Springs in a Changing World, 111-129.
https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10508719.1 - Fahrmeier N, Goeppert N, Goldscheider N (2021) Comparative application and optimization of different single borehole dilution test techniques. Hydrogeology Journal, 29(1): 199–211.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02271-2 - Fahrmeier N, Goeppert N, Goldscheider N (2022) A novel probe for point injections in groundwater monitoring wells. Hydrogeology Journal, 30(3): 1021-1029.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02477-6 - Fandel C, Miville F, Ferré T, Goldscheider N, Renard P (2022) The stochastic simulation of karst conduit network structure using anisotropic fast marching, and its application to a geologically complex alpine karst system. Hydrogeology Journal, 30(3): 927–946.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02464-x - Fernández-Ortega J, Barberá JA, Andreo B (2023). Implications of Tryptophan-Like-Fluorescence Long-Term Monitoring for Bacterial Detection in a Mountainous Karst Aquifer. In: Andreo B, Barberá JA, Durán-Valsero JJ, Gil-Márquez JM, Mudarra M (eds.) EuroKarst 2022, Málaga. Advances in Karst Science. Springer, Cham. pp 79–84.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16879-6_12 - Frank S, Fahrmeier N, Goeppert N, Goldscheider N (2022) High-resolution multi-parameter monitoring of microbial water quality and particles at two alpine karst springs as a basis for an early-warning system. Hydrogeology Journal 30, 2285-2298.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-022-02556-8 - Goeppert N, Goldscheider N, Berkowitz B (2020) Experimental and modeling evidence of kilometer-scale anomalous tracer transport in an alpine karst aquifer. Water Research 178 (2020) 115755.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115755 - Lorenzi V, Sbarbati C, Banzato F, Lacchini A, Petitta M (2022) Recharge assessment of the Gran Sasso aquifer (Central Italy): Time-variable infiltration and influence of snow cover extension. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Volume 41, 101090.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101090 - Lorenzi V, Sbarbati C, Banzato F, Manetta M, Petitta M (2023) Updating the water budget of the Gran Sasso carbonate fractured/karstified aquifer (Central Italy) for a sustainable management of groundwater resources. In: Andreo B, Barberá JA, Durán-Valsero JJ, Gil-Márquez JM, Mudarra M (eds.) EuroKarst 2022, Málaga. Advances in Karst Science. Springer, Cham, pp.33-39.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16879-6_6 - Lorenzi V, Barberio MD, Sbarbati C, Petitta M (2023) Groundwater recharge distribution due to snow cover in shortage conditions (2019-22) on the Gran Sasso carbonate aquifer (Central Italy) Environmental Earth Sciences 82, 206.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10889-0 - Marín AI, Martín Rodríguez JF, Barberá JA, Fernández-Ortega J, Mudarra M, Sánchez D, and Andreo B (2021) Groundwater vulnerability to pollution in karst aquifers, considering key challenges and considerations: application to the Ubrique springs in southern Spain. Hydrogeology Journal 29, 379–396.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02279-8 - Sivelle, V, Cinkus, G, Mazzilli, N, Labat, D, Arfib B, Massei, N, Cousquer Y, Bertin D, Jourde, H (2023) Improvement of the KarstMod modeling platform for a better assessment of karst groundwater resources. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Preprint.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2023-17 - Wunsch A, Liesch T, Cinkus G, Ravbar N, Chen Z, Mazzilli N, Jourde H, Goldscheider N (2022) Karst spring discharge modeling based on deep learning using spatially distributed input data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26, 2405–2430.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2405-2022 - Xanke, J, Liesch, T (2022) Quantification and possible causes of declining groundwater resources in the Euro-Mediterranean region from 2003 to 2020. Hydrogeology Journal 30, 379–400.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-021-02448-3 - Xanke J, Goldscheider N, Bakalowicz M, Barberá JA, Broda S, Chen Z, Ghanmi M, Günther A, Hartmann A, Jourde H, Liesch T, Mudarra M, Petitta M, Ravbar N, Stevanović Z (2022) Mediterranean karst aquifer map (MEDKAM), 1:5,000,000. Berlin, Karlsruhe, Paris.
https://doi.org/10.25928/MEDKAM.1