Regional-Scale Modeling of Surface-Subsurface Flow: The Konya Closed Basin Case Study

Basin-scale hydrological modeling is an essential tool for the management of water resources, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. The development of such models is particularly challenging for large watersheds where the definition of the system parameters is associated with high levels of uncertainty. To address these challenges, we describe a geostatistical approach utilized to define the input parameters. The approach combines direct measurements as well as soft data to improve the reliability of the defined parameters. The focus is on the Konya Closed Basin case study, one of 5 case studies examined in the IntheMed project supported by the PRIMA programme