Alexis Neven, Philippe Renard

A Novel Methodology for the Stochastic Integration of Geophysical and Hydrogeological Data in Geologically Consistent Models

  • Water Science and Technology
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AbstractTo address groundwater issues, it is often necessary to develop geological and hydrogeological models. Combining geological, geophysical and hydrogeological data available on a site to build such models is often a challenge. This paper presents a methodology to integrate such data within a geologically consistent model with robust error estimation. The methodology combines the Ensemble Smoother with Multiple Data Assimilation (ESMDA) algorithm with a hierarchical geological modeling approach (ArchPy). Geophysical and hydrogeological field data are jointly assimilated in a stochastic ESMDA framework. To speed up the inversion process, forward responses are computed in lower‐dimensional spaces relevant to each physical problem. By doing so, the final models take into account multiple data sources and regional conceptual geological knowledge. This study illustrates the applicability of this novel approach using actual data from the upper Aare Valley, Switzerland. The results of cross‐validation show that the combination of different data types, each sensitive to different spatial dimensions, enhances the quality of the model within a reasonable computing time. The proposed methodology allows the automatic generation of groundwater models with robust uncertainty estimation and could be applied to a wide variety of hydrogeological issues.

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