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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (02): 591-601.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2022.008

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Optimized Groundwater Numerical Simulation Model with Trending Parameter Field

NAN Tian1,2(), CAO Wengeng1,2, WANG Zhuoran3(), ZHANG Juanjuan4, ZHANG Dong5   

  1. 1. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, CAGS, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061, China
    2. National Observation and Research Station on Groundwater and Land Subsidence in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Plain, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061, China
    3. Water Information Center, Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing 100053, China
    4. 6th Geological Team, Hebei Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050085, China
    5. School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2021-10-20 Revised:2022-02-20 Online:2022-04-10 Published:2022-06-01

Abstract:

Hydrogeological parameter field is the key and challenging topic in groundwater numerical simulation. Generally, high-precision simulation results are derived from more reasonable parameter field. In this study, a trending stochastic parameter field construction method was proposed with stochastic and spatial distribution simulation technology. We took the hydraulic conductivity field as an example, and used the MCMC sampling method and sample feature analysis to extract data structure first. After that, the stochastic parameter field was reshaped with the trend features. For the case study, we compared the traditional parameter field, which filled blocks with the regional mean value. The trending parameter field has significantly improved the model accuracy with the mean error reduced by about 2 times. Practically, the mean simulation error comes down from 2.76 to 0.64 m in the coarse-grained area. In contrast, there is little effect in the low permeability area. To conclude, our method can provide reference for optimizing groundwater numerical simulation, improve the model fitting accuracy, and better describe the groundwater flow system.

Key words: hydraulic conductivity, groundwater numerical simulation, model optimization, stochastic method, trend

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