The Dynamics of Sea Tide-Induced Fluctuations of Groundwater Level and Freshwater-Saltwater Interface in Coastal Aquifers: Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Modeling

Table 1

Parameters used for the numerical simulations. Measured values were quantified in a specific test. Calibrated values were assessed during the numerical modeling.

	Parameter	Value	Source
Hydraulic conductivity	horizontal	1,500 m day^-1	Measured
	vertical	1,350 m day^-1	Calibrated
	Anisotropy ()	0.9	Calibrated
Dispersivity	Longitudinal dispersivity	0.2 cm	Calibrated
	Transverse dispersivity	0.02 cm	Calibrated
Right boundary	initial	31.85 cm	Input
	Amplitude	0.35 cm	Input
Left boundary	initial	31.5 cm	Input
	Amplitude	3 cm	Input
Water	Saltwater	39,000 mg L^-1	Input
	Freshwater	20 mg L^-1	Input
Van Genuchten drying	Alpha	11.8 m^-1	Measured
		9	Measured
Van Genuchten wetting	Alpha	18 m^-1	Measured
		7.5	Measured
Soil properties	Porosity	0.38	Measured
	Specific storage	0.0001 m^-1	Calibrated