Monographs

This short document presents a series of questions that may help you to design a decision-support groundwater model. It is not long; it takes three minutes (or less) to read.The intent of these questions is to help modellers think about their design choices as they build a decision-support model. Of

This short monograph packs a lot of punch. It starts by solving an almost trivial, nonunique inverse problem. While simple, the problem is typical of many that are encountered on an everyday basis in decision-support groundwater modelling. Solution of this problem provides important insights into the journey that information takes

What should decision-support groundwater modelling seek to accomplish? Should it try to build a digital replica of what happens underground? Obviously not, because this is impossible. Not nearly enough is known about the subsurface and its hydraulic properties to do this. This monograph (written by John Doherty and Catherine Moore)

Decision-support groundwater modelling is as much an art as it is a science. Much of the “art” is in decomposing the management problem that modelling must address. If this is done properly, then decision-support modelling has a much greater chance of being useful to decision-makers, while being acceptable to stakeholders.

GMDSI is preparing a two-part book. A draft of the first part of this book is now available. Authored by John Doherty, it provides a comprehensive conceptual framework for decision-support groundwater modelling. Based firmly on scientific principles, it suggests ways in which modelling can better serve the imperatives of environmental

This game illustrates ideas presented in an accompanying interactive video. Like the video, it was developed by Ty Ferré of University of Arizona. The game is simple but powerful. It resides in an Excel spreadsheet. So you don’t need an expensive video card to play it. And perhaps it is