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Geoscience Modelling

Summary

Definition and use of models, model types (physical, mathematical - deterministic and stochastic). Numerical methods of finite elements and finite differences. Conceptual models, boundary and inner conditions, initial conditions. Model quality control - sensitivity, calibration, verification. Models based on cellular automata and multi-agent systems.

Literature

Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Tackley, P. (2010). Computational methods for geodynamics. Cambridge University Press.
Diersch, Hans-Jörg G. (2013-11-22). FEFLOW: Finite Element Modeling of Flow, Mass and Heat Transport in Porous and Fractured Media. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642387395 .
Huyakorn, Peter S. (2012-12-02). Computational Methods in Subsurface Flow. Academic Press. ISBN 9780323137973 
Pinder, George F.; Gray, William G. (2013-09-03). Finite Element Simulation in Surface and Subsurface Hydrology. Elsevier. ISBN 9781483270425 .

Advised literature

Anderson, Mary P.; Woessner, William W.; Hunt, Randall J. (2015-08-13). Applied Groundwater Modeling: Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport. Academic Press. ISBN 9780080916385 .
Mallet, J. L. (2008). Numerical Earth Models. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE Publications bv). ISBN 978-90-73781-63-4 .
Gerya, T. Introduction to numerical geodynamic modelling. Cambridge University Press, 345 pp. (2010)
Jayawardena, A. W. (2014). Environmental and Hydrological Systems Modelling. US: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-415-46532-8 .


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, angličtina, čeština, angličtina
Code 548-0913
Abbreviation ModGV
Course title Geoscience Modelling
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc.