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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Geoscience Modelling

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 548-0913/03
Abbreviation ModGV
Course title Geoscience Modelling
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Rapant, CSc.

Subject syllabus

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 .