Applied Groundwater Modeling

This second edition is extensively revised throughout with expanded discussion of modeling fundamentals and coverage of advances in model calibration and uncertainty analysis that are revolutionizing the science of groundwater modeling. The text is intended for undergraduate and graduate level courses in applied groundwater modeling and as a comprehensive reference for environmental consultants and scientists/engineers in industry and governmental agencies.

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By Mary P. Anderson, and William W. Woessner

Klappentext

The second edition of this title encompasses the numerous significant developments in groundwater modeling, since the 1st edition was published in 1992. The increased computational speed and capacity of present day multi-core computers as well as the availability of sophisticated graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and geographical information systems (GISs) have transformed groundwater modeling. In this 2nd edition many of the important advances in applied groundwater modeling introduced since 1992 are discussed, along with the update to treatment of fundamentals of groundwater flow modeling covered in the 1st edition. The chapters on model calibration and forecasting (Chapters 9 and 10 in the 2nd edition) are entirely new and include discussion of new tools for parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis in forecast simulations

Inhalt

Section 1 Modeling Fundamentals
1. Introduction

2. Modeling Purpose and Conceptual Model

3. Basic Mathematics and the Computer Code

   Section 2 Designing the Numerical Model
   4. Model Dimensionality and Setting Boundaries

4. Spatial Discretization and Parameter Assignment
5. More on Sources and Sinks

6. Steady-State and Transient Simulations

   Section 3 Particle Tracking, Calibration, Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis
   8. Particle Tracking

7. Model Calibration: Assessing Performance

8. Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis

   Section 4 The Modeling Report and Advanced Topics
   11. The Modeling Report, Archive, and Review

9. Beyond Basic Modeling Concepts