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This second edition provides an expanded discussion of the fundamentals of applied groundwater modeling focusing on finite-difference and finite-element models with updated coverage of particle tracking and advances in model calibration and uncertainty analysis

Table of Contents

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 5. Spatial Discretization and Parameter Assignment 6. More on Sources and Sinks 7. Steady-State and Transient Simulations

Section 3 Particle Tracking, Calibration, Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis 8. Particle Tracking 9. Model Calibration: Assessing Performance 10. Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis

Section 4 The Modeling Report and Advanced Topics 11. The Modeling Report, Archive, and Review 12. Beyond Basic Modeling Concepts

About the Author

By Mary P. Anderson, and William W. Woessner

Reviews

"The second edition of Applied Groundwater Modeling is a "must use" book in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses dealing with the practical application of groundwater models. It is also an outstanding reference book for professional groundwater scientists and engineers constructing models in the consulting, industrial, and governmental sectors." --Scott Bair, November-December issue of Groundwater