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The helpful groundwater modeling spreadsheets of Carlos Molano
| November 16, 2011 | Posted by karmadsen under blog, Complexity, Groundwater equations, Groundwater Modeling, Groundwater Modeling Software, Modeling Software, Uncertainty |
Carlos Molana is a hydrogeologist and the president of an environmental services company in Columbia. On his personal website, Molana has posted 17 spreadsheets to aid in common hydrogeology calculations. Some of these include:
- 1D analytical transient flow in confined aquifers
- Automatic fit for pump test data to the Theis equation
- Capture type curves for wells
- Hantush leaky aquifer test analysis
- Inverse particle tracking
- Neuman unconfined aquifer test analysis
- Piper diagram
- Superposition Thiem well field
- The Theis test for confined aquifers
- The Theis fit for variable pumping rates
- The Theis-Jacob Test
On this blog, I’ve talked a lot about the dangers of over-complexity in modeling. I really feel that getting back to simpler solutions like this would be better in many situations. The only trouble is that posting the output of a spreadsheet in a professional report is a lot less visually interesting than posting a 3D graphic. It seems to me that there is an opportunity around developing better graphic displays for simpler models.
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