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ASTM D 5981 : 1996 : EDT 1

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Standard Guide for Calibrating a Ground-Water Flow Model Application
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

11-11-2014

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-12-2010

CONTAINED IN VOL. 04.09, 2015 Defines techniques that can be used to calibrate a ground-water flow model.

1.1 This guide covers techniques that can be used to calibrate a ground-water flow model. The calibration of a model is the process of matching historical data, and is usually a prerequisite for making predictions with the model.

1.2 Calibration is one of the stages of applying a ground-water modeling code to a site-specific problem (see Guide D 5447). Calibration is the process of refining the model representation of the hydrogeologic framework, hydraulic properties, and boundary conditions to achieve a desired degree of correspondence between the model simulations and observations of the ground-water flow system.

1.3 Flow models are usually calibrated using either the manual (trial-and-error) method or an automated (inverse) method. This guide presents some techniques for calibrating a flow model using either method.

1.4 This guide is written for calibrating saturated porous medium (continuum) ground-water flow models. However, these techniques, suitably modified, could be applied to other types of related ground-water models, such as multi-phase models, non-continuum (karst or fracture flow) models, or mass transport models.

1.5 Guide D 5447 presents the steps to be taken in applying a ground-water modeling code to a site-specific problem. Calibration is one of those steps. Other standards have been prepared on environmental modeling, such as Guides D 5490, D 5609, D 5610, D 5611, D 5718, and Practice E 978.

1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1.7 This guide offers an organized collection of information or a series of options and does not recommend a specific course of action. This document cannot replace education or experience and should be used in conjunction with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this guide may be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which the adequacy of a given professional service must be judged, nor should this document be applied without consideration of a project's many unique aspects. The word "Standard" in the title of this document means only that the document has been approved through the ASTM consensus process.

Committee
D 18
DocumentType
Guide
Pages
6
PublisherName
American Society for Testing and Materials
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

ASTM D 5447 : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Guide for Application of a Numerical Groundwater Flow Model to a Site-Specific Problem
ASTM D 5447 : 2017 Standard Guide for Application of a Numerical Groundwater Flow Model to a Site-Specific Problem

ASTM D 5718 : 2013 : REDLINE Standard Guide for Documenting a Groundwater Flow Model Application
ASTM D 5610 : 1994 : EDT 1 Standard Guide for Defining Initial Conditions in Ground-Water Flow Modeling
ASTM D 5609 : 2016 : REDLINE Standard Guide for Defining Boundary Conditions in Groundwater Flow Modeling
ASTM E 978 : 1992 Practice for Evaluating Mathematical Models for the Environmental Fate of Chemicals (Withdrawn 2001)
ASTM D 653 : 2014 : REDLINE Standard Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock, and Contained Fluids

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