Abstract
We would like to thank Prof. Behzad Ataie‐Ashtiani for his explanatory comment on our paper [Ataie‐Ashtiani, 2015]. He notes that in confined aquifers with a vertical seaside boundary, a tidal overheight does not develop. This is in contrast to an unconfined aquifer for which a tidal overheight may develop when the tidal amplitude is significant relative to the saturated thickness, in particular in the presences of a sloping land surface. As Prof. Ataie‐Ashtiani points out, the absence of a tidal overheight in the case of a confined aquifer makes that the difference in the model outcomes for a specified head and a specified flux at the inland boundary will be less pronounced than for an unconfined aquifer.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4859-4860 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Water Resources Research |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 6 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2015 |
Keywords
- mixing-spreading of the transition zone
- spatial moments
- tidal oscillations