Modeling tidal waves on groundwater flow models is a challenge due to the several stress periods required to represent the wave and the response on the aquifer system. Standard tools on GUI software fall short to implement multiple stress periods, multiple boundary condition parameters and represent selected output with the tidal elevations.
We have done an “hybrid” approach where a coastal aquifer is built on Model Muse and later imported by Flopy where the boundary conditions that represent the sea elevation is replaced by a time series, new stress periods are inserted, workspace has changed and the model is simulated. The applied case ends up with the head representation and the comparison among the tidal elevation and the piezometers located at different distances and depths.
Instructor
Saul Montoya M.Sc
Hydrogeologist - Numerical Modeler
Mr. Montoya is a Civil Engineer graduated from the Catholic University in Lima with postgraduate studies in Management and Engineering of Water Resources (WAREM Program) from Stuttgart University – Germany with mention in Groundwater Engineering and Hydroinformatics. Mr Montoya has a strong analytical capacity for the interpretation, conceptualization and modeling of the surface and underground water cycle and their interaction. He is in charge of numerical modeling for contaminant transport and remediation systems of contaminated sites. Inside his hydrological and hydrogeological investigations Mr. Montoya has developed an holistic comprehension of the water cycle, understanding and quantifying the main hydrological dynamic process of precipitation, runoff, evaporation and recharge to the groundwater system.
Event date
Friday, Oct 20 2023 6:00 p.m. Amsterdam Time
