Groundwater level formula (Water Overlay)

Groundwater level is calculated per cell.

$h_s=\frac{V_s}{f_{ws}}$

$w_g=h_s+B_c-d_{b,c}$

Where:

$h_s$ = The height (column) of the saturated zone.

$V_s$ = The amount of water in the saturated zone. The height of the water column if the equivalent amount of water was placed on the surface.

$f_{ws}$ = The WATER_STORAGE_PERCENTAGE of the ground terrain type, used here as a fraction.

$w_g$ = The groundwater level, relative to datum. Also known as the watertable.

$B_c$ = the datum height of the surface of cell c, set by the elevation or a Terrain elevation prequel.

$d_{b,c}$ = The ground bottom distance of the cell c, defined by a Bottom distance prequel or a general GROUND_BOTTOM_DISTANCE_M of the Water Overlay.

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