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
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
By Mary P. Anderson, and William W. Woessner
"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
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