Ground infiltration formula (Water Overlay)

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Water can infiltrate from the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone.

The infiltration from the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone is calculated per cell.

First the height of the unsaturated zone is calculated.

Then the ratio of water amount to unsaturated height is calculated.

Then we calculate the distance of the unsaturated zone which can infiltrate.

Finally, we calculate the actual amount of water that infiltrates from the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone.

Where:

= The groundwater level, relative to datum.
= the datum height of the surface of cell c, set by the elevation or a Terrain elevation prequel.
= The height of the unsaturated zone.
= The amount of water in the unsaturated zone. The height of the water column if the equivalent amount of water was placed on the surface.
= Ratio of water to height in the unsaturated zone.
= Computational timestep.
= The GROUND_INFILTRATION_MD of the underground terrain type.
= The height distance in the unsaturated zone which can be subject to infiltration to the saturated zone.
= The infiltration which takes place from the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone.

Related

The following topics are related to this formula.

Formulas
Groundwater level formula
Surface infiltration formula
Underground seepage formula
Models
Underground model
Infiltration model
Tracer flow model