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On uncertainty quantification in hydrogeology and hydrogeophysics
Type of publication: Journal paper
Citation: Linde_ADVANCESINWATERRESOURCES_2017
Publication status: Published
Journal: Advances in Water Resources
Volume: 110
Year: 2017
Month: December
Pages: 166–181
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/s...
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.014
Abstract: Recent advances in sensor technologies, field methodologies, numerical modeling, and inversion approaches have contributed to unprecedented imaging of hydrogeological properties and detailed predictions at multiple temporal and spatial scales. Nevertheless, imaging results and predictions will always remain imprecise, which calls for appropriate uncertainty quantification (UQ). In this paper, we outline selected methodological developments together with pioneering UQ applications in hydrogeology and hydrogeophysics. The applied mathematics and statistics literature is not easy to penetrate and this review aims at helping hydrogeologists and hydrogeophysicists to identify suitable approaches for UQ that can be applied and further developed to their specific needs. To bypass the tremendous computational costs associated with forward UQ based on full-physics simulations, we discuss proxy-modeling strategies and multi-resolution (Multi-level Monte Carlo) methods. We consider Bayesian inversion for non-linear and non-Gaussian state-space problems and discuss how Sequential Monte Carlo may become a practical alternative. We also describe strategies to account for forward modeling errors in Bayesian inversion. Finally, we consider hydrogeophysical inversion, where petrophysical uncertainty is often ignored leading to overconfident parameter estimation. The high parameter and data dimensions encountered in hydrogeological and geophysical problems make UQ a complicated and important challenge that has only been partially addressed to date.
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Authors Linde, Niklas
Ginsbourger, David
Iriving, James
Nobile, Fabio
Doucet, Arnaud
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