2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 40 Sunday, 28 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 705/707

T27. Inverse Methods in Practice: Perspectives and Future Directions

Michael Fienen, Randall J. Hunt and Chris Muffels, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
40-11:35 PM AN EXPANDED SURVEY OF GROUNDWATER MODELING PRACTITIONERS ABOUT HOW THEY QUANTIFY UNCERTAINTY: WHICH TOOLS THEY USE, WHY, AND WHY NOT: GINN, Tim R.1, SCHEIBE, Tim D.2, HAERI, Hanieh1, and MCCLAIN, Cynthia N.1, (1) Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, trginn@ucdavis.edu, (2) Pacific Northwest National Lab, P. O. Box 999, MS K6-96, Richland, WA 99352
40-21:55 PM PREDICTIVE MODELING AND PROJECT PERMITTING: USING INVERSE METHODS TO HELP PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR DECISION MAKING: CARLSON, Christopher P., Watershed and Minerals & Geology Staffs, USDA Forest Service Washington Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250, ccarlson@fs.fed.us
40-32:15 PM A NEW SATURATED ZONE SITE-SCALE FLOW MODEL FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN: EDDEBBARH, Al Aziz, Los Alamos National Lab, 9500 Balatta Canyon Court, Las Vegas, 89144, Al_eddebbarh@ymp.gov and JAMES, Scott
40-42:30 PM AQUIFER TEST ANALYSIS UTILIZING NUMERICAL MODELS AND INVERSE METHODS: HALFORD, Keith J., US Geological Survey, 2730 N. Deer Run Rd, Carson City, NV 89701, khalford@usgs.gov
40-52:45 PM A UNIQUE APPROACH TO CALIBRATING A VARIABLE-DENSITY FLOW AND TRANSPORT MODEL: DAUSMAN, Alyssa M.1, LANGEVIN, Christian1, DOHERTY, John2, SUKOP, Michael C.3, and WALSH, Virginia4, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, 3110 SW 9th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315, adausman@usgs.gov, (2) Watermark Numerical Computing, 336 Cliveden Avenue, Corinda, 4075, Australia, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, Florida International University, PC 344, University Park, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, (4) Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department, 3071 SW 38 Ave Room 554-10, Miami, FL 33146
40-63:00 PM PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF REGULARIZED INVERSION IN GROUNDWATER MODELS: RUMBAUGH, James O., Environmental Simulations, Inc, 300 Mountain Top Road, Reinholds, PA 17569, jrumbaugh@groundwatermodels.com
40-73:20 PM USING PARAMETER SENSITIVITY TO INVESTIGATE TRANSMISSIVITY DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION IN TRANSIENT OBSERVATION WELL DATA: CLEMO, Tom, Center for the Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface, Boise State University, CGISS, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725-1536, tomc@cgiss.boisestate.edu
 3:35 PM Break
40-83:50 PM A CONSULTANT'S PERSPECTIVE ON INVERSE METHODS: THIRTY YEARS OF TRIAL AND ERROR: ANDREWS, Charles B., S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, 7944 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814, Candrews@sspa.com
40-94:10 PM SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS OF INVERSE METHODS ON A REGIONAL GROUNDWATER MODEL: TANA, Cameron and WILLIAMS, Derrik, HydroMetrics LLC, 1611 Telegraph Ave, Suite 404, Oakland, CA 94612, cameron@HydroMetricsLLC.com
40-104:25 PM Paper Withdrawn
40-114:40 PM A STEPWISE INVERSION OF A GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL WITH MULTI-SCALE OBSERVATION DATA: DAI, Zhenxue, LEVITT, Daniel, and HARP, Dylan, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geology, EES-6 Group, Los Alamos, NM 87545, daiz@lanl.gov
40-124:55 PM INVERSE HYDROLOGIC MODELING WITH GENETIC ALGORITHMS: LIU, Ganming1, SCHWARTZ, Franklin W.1, and CROWE, Allan S.2, (1) School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, liu.669@osu.edu, (2) Environment Canada, National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada
40-135:10 PM A UNIVERSAL MULTIMETHOD SEARCH STRATEGY FOR COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION: VRUGT, Jasper A., Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, vrugt@lanl.gov
 5:25 PM Discussion

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