Tuesday,
October 16, 3:40 p.m. PSA 206
Larry Winter
Deputy Director, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Two Stochastic Models for Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Groundwater
Contamination
Abstract
Our estimates of the state of groundwater flow and contaminant
transport are almost always uncertain because we lack detailed information
about the initial and boundary conditions, forcings and parameters of
groundwater systems. This talk will review the use of stochastic models
to quantify that uncertainty, especially as it applies to groundwater
contamination. Two types of models will be discussed: 1) stochastic pdes
that are based on the physics of porous media flow and 2) a model of
reduced complexity for assessing the risk of groundwater pollution from a
point-source.
For further information please contact:
mittelmann@asu.edu