Apr 28, 2010 ... UTD's Applied Groundwater Modeling course is light on theory, heavy on
application of the most widely used groundwater modeling programs.
GEOS-5311: Applied Groundwater Modeling Spring 2010∗ Dr. T. Brikowski, Geosciences Dept., UTD April 28, 2010 Learn how to make detailed quantitative analysis and prediction of groundwater flow and chemical transport, and earn college credit. UTD’s Applied Groundwater Modeling course is light on theory, heavy on application of the most widely used groundwater modeling programs (modflow, modpath, MT3D, RT3D). Based on the textbook Applied Groundwater Modeling (Anderson & Woessner, 1992) and using the DOD Groundwater Modeling System interface (GMS, Fig. 1) to build models and analyze their results. This course is intended to provide the basic skills and experience needed to perform groundwater modeling studies in hydrology (e.g. see groundwater modeling jobs and GetHydrologyJobs.com). In this class, you will learn how to generate valid hydrologic flow (modflow ) and transport models (modpath, MT3D, or RT3D) and to make meaningful analyses of the results. Laboratory exercises will provide hands-on experience us- Figure 1: GMS model development and interpretation ing GMS modeling software to ex- software interface. plore issues raised in the lectures. Most lab exercises can be completed off-campus, since all the modeling programs used in class are public domain, and the GMS software is available at no charge to many U.S. Government employees and contractors. Class meets MW 1:30-2:45pm in BE 3.102 beginning Jan. 9th UTD Call Number 1986 (see Syllabus, sec. 1.3). ∗
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GEOS-5311: Applied Groundwater Modeling, Spring 2010
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Course Organization
1.1
Organizational Meeting
The first class meeting (Jan. 11th, 1:30-2:45pm) will be dedicated to an organizational meeting, at which time a general outline of the class topics, and any desired changes in lab or lecture schedule will be discussed. 1.2
Grading
Course grades determined using the following weights: 60% homework, 20% midterm, 20% final. Major modeling homeworks will be due two weeks after assignment, smaller problem sets will be due one week after assignment. 1.3
Syllabus Table 1: Syllabus for GEOS 5311, Spring 2010.
Week
Dates
Text Chapters
1
Jan. 13
11,
2
Jan. 20
3
Jan. 27
4
Feb. 1, 3
5
Lecture Topic
Lab
Organizational Meeting, Examples of Groundwater Modeling (Yucca Mountain) 1-2
Review of Groundwater Hydrology
3-4
Introduction to Groundwater Modeling
GMS Introductory Tutorials
5-6
Overview of Governing Equations and Numerical Methods
Introduction to GMS
Feb. 8, 10
Conceptual Model Development
GMS Map Module (GIS interface)
6
Feb. 17
15,
Conceptual Model (cont.)
7
Feb. 24
22,
Model Parameterization & Interpolation
8
Mar. 1, 3
Hydrologic Boundaries and Model Boundary Conditions
9
Mar. 8, 10
Water Sources and Sinks (Wells, GMS Application Leakage), Analytic Element ModAEM Method, Midterm
25,
GMS 2D Scatter Module,
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Table 1: Syllabus for GEOS 5311, Spring 2010. Week
Dates
Text Chapters
Lecture Topic
9
Mar. 17
10
15,
7
Spring Break
Mar. 24
22,
8–10
Introduction to Modflow
GMS Interface to Modflow
11
Mar. 31
29,
7
Cross-Sectional (Profile) Models
GMS Borehole Module & Well Test Data
12
Apr. 5, 7
12
Transient Models, Time-Stepping
Numerical Stability, Calibration & Model Execution & Reporting
13
Apr. 14
12, 12
Particle Tracking & Capture Zone Introduction to Modpath Analysis
14
Apr. 21
19, 12
Class Project Workshop
15
Apr. 28
26,
Class Project Presentations
16
May 3
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Lab
Final
Online Resources Lecture Notes
PDF versions of the lecture notes are available online via the following links. Generally these will be accessible only from UTD IP addresses. See VPN how to access these notes from off-campus. Table 2: Links to lecture notes for GEOS 5311, Spring 2010. Week
Topic
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Yucca Mountain: Case Study in Groundwater Modeling
2
Introduction to Groundwater Modeling
3
Darcy’s Law
4
PDE’s, Advanced Darcy Law
5
Conceptual Model Development
6
Model Parameterization/Interpolation
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Table 2: Links to lecture notes for GEOS 5311, Spring 2010. Week
2.2
Topic
7
Analytic Element Modeling
8
Introduction to Modflow
10
Boundary Conditions
11
Source/Sinks
12
Particle Tracking
13
Calibration/Sensitivity/Parameter Estimation
Homework
HTML versions of the homework assignments are available online through the following links: Week
Topic
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Modeling Approaches, Governing Eqns.
2
Interpolation
3
GMS Map Module Introduction
4
Spreadsheet Flow Model
5
Modflow Flow-To-Well
“7”
Woburn Flow & Transport Spreadsheet Model
