Transcript DAEM project progress report - Illinois State Geological

BUILDING ON GEOLOGICAL MODELS –
THE VISION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING
PLATFORM
Holger Kessler, Diarmad Campbell, Jon Ford, Jeremy Giles, Andrew Hughes, Ian
Jackson, Denis Peach, Simon Price, Hans-Georg Sobisch, Ricky Terrington, Ben Wood
3D Geological Modelling Workshop
Portland 17th October 2009
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The vision is to develop the Environmental Modelling
Platform which links data, knowledge and concepts
seamlessly to numerical process models….
Quantitative Understanding
Scenario
Planning
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Predictions
Forecasts
Process
Model
Quantitative
Conceptual Model
Geological Model
Data and Information Base
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… to produce
geoscientifically based
“what if scenarios” and
putting these into
context in a subsurface
information system
From maps…
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…to models…
…to forecasts
We need to think outside our own comfort zone
“where it
matters”
NERC
BGS
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The environmental challenges ahead
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The ability of to provide clean and affordable drinking water and water
for industrial use from ground or surface water
Managing the risks of flooding from the sea, rivers, rainfall run-off and
groundwater
The safe disposal, containment and potential re-use of anthropogenic
waste products
Prediction of ground conditions for major infrastructure projects
(transport, housing, utilities)
The mitigation of physical hazard such as landslides, subsidence,
earthquakes and tsunamis
The conservation of land to maintain food production as well as
protecting biodiversity
The sustainable management of ground sourced heating and cooling
in a changing environment
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The emerging tasks
• Data supply and interoperability
• Process models and their linkage
• Communication of model results to
scientific peers and a non-technical audience
• Computational infrastructure
Continue to build and engage the
community:
• BGS (test beds and other projects)
• UK collaborations
• International collaborations
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Coupled Geological and Groundwater models
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Communicating the model results
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Solving the IT is not the hard bit!
• IT issues
• Science issues
• Cultural issues
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