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From Site Concepts to a 3D Site Model

Building and history-matching a three-dimensional model is a difficult procedure. The third dimension increases parameter requirements, model run times, and model output uncertainty. Ideally, predictive uncertainty can be reduced through assimilating information from site characterisation on the one hand, and measurements of system behaviour on the other hand. But this is so much harder in […]

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Conceptual Model to Numerical Model

This tutorial explores the use of “conceptual points” as a precursor to model parameterisation. Expected hydraulic properties are provided at these conceptual points. Just as importantly, so-called “hyperparameters” are also ascribed to these points; these are used to characterise the nature of hydraulic property heterogeneity as it is likely to prevail in their vicinity. All

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Data Assimilation for a Simple Model

This tutorial explores construction of the interface between PEST/PEST++and a simple MODFLOW/MODPATH model, and how to then subject that model to history-matching and uncertainty analysis–including data space inversion (DSI).There is some overlap with a previous tutorial. However, there are also some important differences. Use of the PLPROC, TPL2PST and PESTPREP2 utilities are explained. The first

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