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NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM

PROJECT TITLE: Modeling and Uncertainty of Complex Ground-Water Systems Effective Groundwater Model Calibration: With Analysis of Data, Sensitivities, Predictions, and Uncertainty,

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There are 32 powerpoint files. They have been assembled into 7 zip files for easy download. The zipped files are listed first, followed by the individual powerpoint files.

Powerpoint Files for Teaching the Material in the Book

Download 01a (zip file; 23Kb; updated 12/5/07)

Download 01b (zip file; 38,342Kb; updated 12/5/07)

The file above includes results from the three-layer model of the Death Valley regional flow system presented in Chapter 15 of the book. A more recent, 17-layer model of the system was published by Belcher, ed. (2004). Please contact Mary C. Hill for presentation material for the more recent model.

Download 01c (zip file; 2,420Kb; updated 12/5/07)

Download 01d&e (zip file; 1,092Kb; updated 12/5/07)

Download 02a-06b (zip file; 11,809Kbupdated 12/5/07)

Download 07a-09d (zip file; 4,534Kb; updated 12/5/07)

Download 10-closing remarks (zip file; 57Kb; updated 12/5/07)


  • 01a-Intro.ppt. (90Kb, last modified 9/18/07)
  • 01b-15-dvrfs-3lay.ppt. (39.16Mb, last modified 1/15/07)
  • Please see the note above for 01b.zip

  • 01c-15-dvrfs-ppr.ppt. (2.55Mb, last modified 1/15/07)
  • 01d-Evaluate OPS and PAR.ppt.(552Kb, last modified 1/9/07)
  • 01e-Pilot Hypotheses and Uncert.ppt. (770Kb, last modified 1/9/07)
  • 02a-Introduction to Modflow-MFI2005.ppt (906Kb, last modified 9/18/07)
  • 02b-ModelViewer-GWChart.ppt. (328Kb, last modified 9/2/07)
  • 03-StStForward.ppt. (576Kb, last modified 9/2/07)
  • 04a-UCODE_2005.ppt. (213Kb, last modified 7/3/07)
  • 04b-StStSens.ppt. (710KB, last modified 9/18/07)
  • 05a-NonlinReg-ObjSurfaces.ppt. (802Kb, last modified 9/2/07)
  • 05a-plots.ppt. (283Kb, last modified 9/2/07)
  • 05b-NonlinReg-GN.ppt. (750Kb, last modified 7/3/07)
  • 05c-ch11-guidelines-1-6.ppt. (8,737Kb, last modified 9/18/07)
  • 06a-EvalOfFit-OverallFit.ppt. (146Kb, last modified 9/18/07)
  • 06b-EvalOfFit-GraphFit.ppt. (301Kb, last modified 9/18/07)
  • 07a-ParamStats.ppt. (214Kb, last modified 9/14/07)
  • 07b-ch11-guidelines 7&8.ppt . (83.0Kb, last modified 7/4/07)
  • 07c-ModelLinearity.ppt . (83.5KbKb, last modified 9/13/07)
  • 07d-ch12-guidelines-9&10.ppt. (150Kb, last modified 7/4/07)
  • 08a-ex8.1ab-pred-ss-calc-ssens.ppt. (322Kb, last modified 9/2/07)
  • 08b-ex8.1e-pred-newobs-ssens.ppt.(283Kb, last modified 9/18/07)
  • 08c-ex8.1cd-ppr-opromit.ppt . (515Kb, last modified 9/18/07)
  • 08d-ex8.1f-pred-newobs-opradd.ppt. (97Kb, last modified 9/15/07)
  • 08e-ex8.2-predictions-ss-uncer.ppt. (173Kb, last modified 9/14/07)
  • 08f-ch13-guidelines-11&12.ppt. (2,105Kb, last modified 9/2/07)
  • 08g-ch14-guidelines-13&14-w-mma.ppt. (341Kb, last modified 9/2/07)
  • 09a-lecture-transport-transiet.ppt. (520Kb, last modified 9/14/07)
  • 09b-ExSetup.ppt. (488Kb, last modified 6/27/07)
  • 09c-ExSensitivityAnalysis.ppt. (700Kb, last modified 3/16/07)
  • 09d-ExRegression-Prediction.ppt. (279Kb, last modified 3/16/07)
  • 10-closing remarks.ppt. (139Kb, last modified 9/18/07)


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