A greedy approach for placement of subsurface aquifer wells in an ensemble filtering framework

Mohamad E. Gharamti, Youssef M. Marzouk, Xun Huan, Ibrahim Hoteit

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Abstract

Optimizing wells placement may help in better understand-ing subsurface solute transport and detecting contaminant plumes. In this work, we use the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) as a data assimilation tool and propose a greedy observational design algorithm to optimally select aquifer wells locations for updating the prior contaminant ensemble. The algorithm is greedy in the sense that it operates sequentially, without taking into account expected future gains. The selection criteria is based on maximizing the information gain that the EnKF carries during the update of the prior uncertainties. We test the efficiency of this algorithm in a synthetic aquifer system where a contaminant plume is set to migrate over a 30 years period across a heterogenous domain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDynamic Data-Driven Environmental Systems Science - 1st International Conference, DyDESS 2014, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsAdrian Sandu, Sai Ravela
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages301-309
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319251370
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event1st International Conference on Dynamic Data-Driven Environmental Systems Science, DyDESS 2014 - Cambridge, United States
Duration: Nov 5 2014Nov 7 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume8964
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Dynamic Data-Driven Environmental Systems Science, DyDESS 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCambridge
Period11/5/1411/7/14

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