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@ARTICLE{Zovi:828240,
author = {Zovi, Francesco and Camporese, Matteo and
Hendricks-Franssen, Harrie-Jan and Huisman, Johan Alexander
and Salandin, Paolo},
title = {{I}dentification of high-permeability subsurface structures
with multiple point geostatistics and normal score ensemble
{K}alman filter},
journal = {Journal of hydrology},
volume = {548},
issn = {0022-1694},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-02208},
pages = {208 - 224},
year = {2017},
abstract = {Alluvial aquifers are often characterized by the presence
of braided high-permeable paleo-riverbeds, which constitute
an interconnected preferential flow network whose
localization is of fundamental importance to predict flow
and transport dynamics. Classic geostatistical approaches
based on two-point correlation (i.e., the variogram) cannot
describe such particular shapes. In contrast, multiple point
geostatistics can describe almost any kind of shape using
the empirical probability distribution derived from a
training image. However, even with a correct training image
the exact positions of the channels are uncertain. State
information like groundwater levels can constrain the
channel positions using inverse modeling or data
assimilation, but the method should be able to handle
non-Gaussianity of the parameter distribution. Here the
normal score ensemble Kalman filter (NS-EnKF) was chosen as
the inverse conditioning algorithm to tackle this issue.
Multiple point geostatistics and NS-EnKF have already been
tested in synthetic examples, but in this study they are
used for the first time in a real-world casestudy. The test
site is an alluvial unconfined aquifer in northeastern Italy
with an extension of approximately 3 km2. A satellite
training image showing the braid shapes of the nearby river
and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) images were used
as conditioning data to provide information on channel
shape, size, and position. Measured groundwater levels were
assimilated with the NS-EnKF to update the spatially
distributed groundwater parameters (hydraulic conductivity
and storage coefficients). Results from the study show that
the inversion based on multiple point geostatistics does not
outperform the one with a multiGaussian model and that the
information from the ERT images did not improve site
characterization. These results were further evaluated with
a synthetic study that mimics the experimental site. The
synthetic results showed that only for a much larger number
of conditioning piezometric heads, multiple point
geostatistics and ERT could improve aquifer
characterization. This shows that state of the art
stochastic methods need to be supported by abundant and
high-quality subsurface data.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {690},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
(POF3-255)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000403739000017},
doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.02.056},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/828240},
}