Numerical Study of the Effects of the Capillary Fringe on Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer through Assimilation of NLDAS data

Jiayu Fang, University of Mississippi Main Campus, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, University, MS, United States, Mohammad Z. Al-Hamdan, University of Mississippi Main Campus, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering; Civil Engineering Department; Geology and Geological Engineering Department, University, United States, Andrew M O'Reilly, USDA ARS, National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, United States, Yavuz Ozeren, University of Mississippi Main Campus, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering, Oxford, United States and James R Rigby, USGS, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Oxford, United States