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The 3rd USGS Modeling Conference (7-11 June 2010)

Session No. 19
Thursday, 10 June 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Pine (Omni Hotel and Resort)

Inverse Modeling and Related Analyses: Methods and Applications

 

Karl J. Ellefsen and Claire R. Tiedeman, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO INVERSE MODELING
ELLEFSEN, Karl J., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and TIEDEMAN, Claire R., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Mail Stop 496, Menlo Park, CA 94025, ellefsen@usgs.gov, ellefsen@usgs.gov
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8:25 AM
POTENTIAL-FIELD INVERSION -- SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF GEOLOGIC MODELS
PHILLIPS, Jeffrey D., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, M.S. 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and GRAUCH, V.J.S., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, jeff@usgs.gov, jeff@usgs.gov
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8:45 AM
DETECTION OF CONVEYANCE CHANGES IN ST. CLAIR RIVER USING HISTORICAL WATER-LEVEL AND FLOW DATA WITH INVERSE ONE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING
HOLTSCHLAG, David J., Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5, Lansing, MI 48911, dholtschlag@usgs.gov, dholtschlag@usgs.gov
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9:05 AM
PUTTING THE PARAMETERS IN PARAMETER ESTIMATION
FIENEN, Michael N., U.S. Geological Survey, Wisconsin Water Science Center, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562, mnfienen@usgs.gov, mnfienen@usgs.gov
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY PARAMETER ESTIMATION AND MODEL APPRAISAL USING BAYESIAN INFERENCE
MINSLEY, Burke, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, USGS, Denver, CO 80225, bminsley@usgs.gov, bminsley@usgs.gov
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10:10 AM
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR INVERSE PROBLEMS SOLVED BY SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION
NOLAN, Bernard T., U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 413 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and HILL, Mary C., U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 3215 Marine St, Boulder, CO 80303, btnolan@usgs.gov, btnolan@usgs.gov
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10:30 AM
QUANTIFYING UNCERTAINTY IN EARTHQUAKE SOURCE INVERSIONS
PAGE, Morgan T., USGS, Earthquake Science Center, 525 S. Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106, CUSTÓDIO, Susana, Instituto Geofísico da Universidade de Coimbra, susanacustodio@dct.uc.pt, Coimbra, 3000-134, Portugal, ARCHULETA, Ralph, Dept. of Earth Science, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, CARLSON, Jean, Dept. of Physics, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, MAI, Martin, KAUST, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia and SCHORLEMMER, Danijel, Dept. of Earth Sciences, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089, pagem@caltech.edu, pagem@caltech.edu
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10:55 AM
MODEL ASSESSMENT FOR NON-LINEAR GEOPHYSICAL INVERSE PROBLEMS
BEDROSIAN, Paul A., US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 20, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and MINSLEY, Burke, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, USGS, Denver, CO 80225, pbedrosian@usgs.gov, pbedrosian@usgs.gov
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11:15 AM
IDENTIFYING IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS USING CROSS VALIDATION AND COMPUTATIONALLY FRUGAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS METHODS
HILL, Mary C., Boulder, CO 80303, mchill@usgs.gov, mchill@usgs.gov
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11:40 AM
DESIGNING SAMPLING STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT GROUNDWATER MODELING IN THE UPPER KLAMATH BASIN, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
WAGNER, Brian J., Water Resources Dept, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Mail Stop 420, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and GANNETT, Marshall W., Oregon Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW Fifth Ave, Portland, OR 97201, bjwagner@usgs.gov, bjwagner@usgs.gov
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