gw3099_classrepo

Repository for the Advanced Modeling of Groundwater Flow training class

Advanced Modeling of Groundwater Flow (GW3099) Lincoln, Nebraska October 22 - 26, 2018

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Location

• Classroom: Nebraska State Office Building, 1526 K Street, Lincoln, NE. We will be in the basement training room Mon-Wed and the 4th floor conference room (called Hearing Room 4D) on Thurs-Fri.
• Hotel Block: The Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel

Course Description

This class will cover many of the latest developments in groundwater-flow modeling in the following topical areas: new and enhanced capabilities for modeling groundwater flow with MODFLOW 6; solute transport with MT3D-USGS; groundwater/watershed interactions with GSFLOW and MODSIM, and parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis using PEST++. Most of the class will be taught using Flopy and Jupyter Notebooks. In addition to lectures on the latest developments, most sessions will include in-class exercises to give attendees a better understanding of how to use the modeling tools.

Overview

• Monday: Python Basics, Flopy, PEST++
• Tuesday: PEST++, MODFLOW 6
• Wednesday: MODFLOW 6
• Thursday: MODFLOW 6, GSFLOW
• Friday: GSFLOW, MODSIM, MT3D-USGS

Instructors

• Mike Fienen
• Joe Hughes
• Chris Langevin
• Eric Morway
• Rich Niswonger

Agenda

The following tentative agenda is based on a start time each morning of 8:30 AM and an ending time each day of 4:30 PM. The agenda may be adjusted during the week in response to student requests.

Monday (Flopy, PEST++)

Time	Topic	Lead, Duration
8:30 AM	Introductions and Class Overview	1 hour, Langevin
9:30 AM	Python Crash Course	1 hour, Fienen
10:30 AM	BREAK	15 minutes
10:45 AM	Flopy Introduction (flopy ex01)	1 hour 15 minutes, Hughes
12:00 PM	LUNCH	1 hour 15 minutes
1:15 PM	Obtaining Software/Setup	1 hour, Fienen
2:15 PM	PEST Overview	1 hour, Fienen
3:15 PM	BREAK	15 minutes
3:30 PM	Uncertainty Analysis	1 hour, Fienen
4:30 PM	ADJOURN

Tuesday (PEST++, MODFLOW 6)

Time	Topic	Duration, Lead
8:30 AM	Pilot Points	1 hour, Fienen
9:30 AM	Advanced Uncertainty Analysis	1 hour, Fienen
10:30 PM	BREAK	15 minutes
10:45 PM	iES	1 hour 15 minutes, Fienen
12:00 PM	LUNCH	1 hour 15 minutes
1:15 PM	MODFLOW 6 Overview	45 minutes, Langevin
2:00 PM	MODFLOW 6 IO (mf6 ex01)	45 minutes, Langevin
2:45 PM	BREAK	15 minutes
3:00 PM	mf6 ex01 (cont)	30 minutes, Langevin
3:30 PM	MODFLOW 6 and Flopy (mf6 ex02)	45 minutes, Langevin
4:30 PM	ADJOURN

Wednesday (MODFLOW 6)

Time	Topic	Duration, Lead
8:30 AM	MODFLOW 6 Discretization	30 minutes, Langevin
9:00 AM	mf6 ex03	1 hour, Langevin
10:30 AM	BREAK	15 minutes
10:45 AM	XT3D (mf6 ex03 cont)	45 minutes, Langevin
11:30 AM	MODFLOW 6 and GRIDGEN	30 minutes, Langevin
12:00 PM	LUNCH	1 hour 15 minutes
1:15 PM	mf6 ex04	1 hour, Langevin
2:15 PM	MODFLOW 6 LGR	30 minutes, Langevin
2:45 PM	mf6 ex05	30 minutes, Langevin
3:15 PM	BREAK	15 minutes
3:30 PM	mf6 ex05 (cont)	1 hour, Langevin
4:30 PM	ADJOURN

Thursday (MODFLOW 6, GSFLOW)

Time	Topic	Duration, Lead
8:30 AM	MODFLOW 6 OBS (mf6 ex06)	1 hour, Hughes
9:30 AM	mf6 ex06	1 hour, Hughes
10:30 AM	BREAK	15 minutes
10:45 AM	MODFLOW 6 Advanced Packages	1 hour 15 minutes, Hughes
12:00 PM	LUNCH	1 hour 15 minutes
1:15 PM	mf6 ex07	2 hours, Hughes
3:15 PM	BREAK	15 minutes
3:30 PM	GSFLOW overview	1 hour, Rich
4:30 PM	ADJOURN

Friday (GSFLOW, MODSIM, MT3DMS)

Time	Topic	Duration, Lead
8:30 AM	Sagehen exercise	2 hours, Rich
10:30 AM	BREAK	15 minutes
10:45 AM	MODSIM-GSFLOW overview	45 minutes, Eric/Rich
11:30 AM	MT3DUSGS introduction	15 minutes, Eric
11:45 PM	LUNCH	1 hour 15 minutes
1:00 PM	MT3DUSGS overview	1 hour, Eric
2:00 PM	MT3DUSGS exercise	1 hour, Eric
3:00 PM	ADJOURN

Software

• mf6
• zbud6
• mf5to6
• modpath7
• mt3d-usgs
• gsflow
• pestpp
• gridgen
• model viewer
• ArcGIS (10.5 or newer)
  • Python 2.7 package --- Jupyter
• git
• Miniconda Python Distribution
  • Python version 3.6 or newer
  • Jupyter
  • Numpy
  • Matplotlib
  • Pandas
  • Scipy
  • Flopy
  • Pyshp