MeetingOfInterest:Meeting-362
01 - 02 June 2019
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Deadlines
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- Giovanna De Filippis, the Institute of Life Sciences at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
- Laura Foglia, University of California Davis, Larry Walker Associates
- Dan Lu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Mary Hill, University of Kansas, Emeritus USGS
- Eileen Poeter, Emeritus Colorado School of Mines, Poeter Engineering
DESCRIPTION
This course provides basic knowledge about MODFLOW, QGIS, building and running model applications using FREEWAT, data integration, and understanding of simulation dynamics using UCODE. By the end of the course, you will know how to:
- develop MODFLOW models using the QGIS-integrated FREEWAT GUI
- check problem set-up
- analyze model fit to data
- identify parameters that can and cannot be estimated given the available data
- estimate parameter values; and much more, including:
- identify existing and potential new observations important to predictions and forecasts
- quantify uncertainty using a range of fast methods (10 s of models runs) and provide approximate values to computationally intensive methods such as MCMC (10,000 s of model runs)
- engage skeptical stakeholders using alternative models
- account for alternative models in uncertainty evaluations
Strengths and weaknesses are discussed for all procedures and statistics.
COURSE AUDIENCE
This course is designed for modelers seeking better ways to use data and their models. Knowledge of groundwater modeling and basic statistics is useful but not necessary. Anyone interested in modeling will learn important skills in this course.
More information is available here: https://uzox244a2mtu64wa37z9d5qy-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/117/2019/01/FREEWAT_UCODE_course_info.pdf
PRICE
$450 ($550 after April 15th); student $200. This fee covers instruction, refreshments, and continuing education units. Lodging and meals are not covered. Payment in full must be received prior to the beginning of the course in order to participate.
