Hydrogeologic Modeling

Class:
T 6-8th period

Instructor:
Dr. Liz Screaton
(email)

Text:
If you wish to have a text for reference, I suggest:
Applied Groundwater Modeling, 1992, M. P. Anderson and W.W. Woessner





Lecture outlines will be posted on E-Learning (WebCT) ~1 day prior to class. 

Course Description: Groundwater modeling is a powerful tool for visualizing groundwater flow, testing hypotheses, and managing groundwater resources. This course will introduce the basics of hydrogeology modeling, and its uses and limitations. The focus will be on translating field problems into numerical simulations,and learning will primarily be from exercises, projects, and studying  simulation examples. The MODFLOW software will be used.

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Recommended Background:

- You should have had a previous hydrogeology course.

Topics to be covered:


What is groundwater modeling?/ Modeling steps
Assembling hydrogeologic data and building the conceptual model.
Basics of MODFLOW
Discretizing space and time
Boundary Conditions
Model calibration and sensitivity
Transient simulations and initial conditions
Simulating solute transport