The content of this course refers to: (i) Introduction to groundwater modeling, (ii) Development of conceptual model (hydrolgeological system analysis, determination of hydraulic and hydrologic boundaries, model domain characteristics, spatial and temporal discretization), (ii) Design and construction of groundwater flow model (numerical methods, software and codes, model domain and boundary conditions), (iii) steady state and transient conditions in groundwater modeling (iii) Calibration and sensitivity analysis (parameter estimation), (iv) Forecasting and uncertainty (uncertainty analysis, forecast uncertainty), (v) Mass and contaminant transport (simulation of contaminant transport under saturated/unsaturated conditions), (vi) variable density flow (simulation of seawater intrusion), (vii) Simulation of thermal transport in shallow geothermal fields, (viii) Groundwater model report.
