| Reference : Towards assimilating SAR data into an anisotropic model of an underground aquifer |
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| Towards assimilating SAR data into an anisotropic model of an underground aquifer | |
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Salehian Ghamsari, Sona  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Engineering (DoE) >] | |
| van Dam, Tonie [University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > Remote Sensing > ; > Department of Geology and Geophysics, College of Mines and Earth Science, University of Utah, Utah.] | |
| Hale, Jack [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Engineering (DoE) >] | |
| 2023 | |
| No | |
| The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2023 | |
| from 23-04-2023 to 28-04-2023 | |
| Vienna | |
| Austria | |
| [en] poroelastic model ; groundwater system ; InSAR ; Biot equation ; Finite Element Method | |
| [en] In this study, we aim to shed light on the feasibility of assimilating synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data into a partial differential equation-based model of a poroelastic homogeneous aquifer with anisotropic hydraulic conductivity (AHC).
Although other authors [1] have considered the problem of assimilating SAR data into a poroelastic model that uses an inhomogeneous isotropic random field model for hydraulic conductivity, to the best of our knowledge, our study is the first to consider assimilating SAR data into a poroelastic model with AHC. Our study is inspired by the work of [2] where an aquifer test is performed on the Anderson Junction aquifer in southwestern Utah. Due to the inherent preferential direction of the fractured sandstone at the Anderson Junction site, the ratio of hydraulic conductivity along the principal axes can be on the order of 24 to 1. We build an anisotropically conductive poroelastic finite element model of the Anderson Junction site that can predict the coupled fluid flow and mechanical displacements. Our results show that the effective elastic response of the aquifer on the Earth’s surface has an anisotropic nature driven by the underlying anisotropy in the fluid problem, even when the elasticity problem is assumed to be isotropic. We interpret these results in the context of using SAR data to improve the characterization of aquifer systems, like the Anderson Junction site, with strongly anisotropic behavior. The Doctoral Training Unit Data-driven computational modelling and applications (DRIVEN) is funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund under the PRIDE programme (PRIDE17/12252781). [1] Amal Alghamdi. Bayesian inverse problems for quasi-static poroelasticity with application to ground water aquifer characterization from geodetic data. PhD thesis, 2020. https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/86231. [2] Victor M. Heilweil and Paul A. Hsieh. Determining Anisotropic Transmissivity Using a Simplified Papadopulos Method. Groundwater, 44(5):749–753, 2006. 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00210.x | |
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| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/54446 | |
| FnR ; FNR12252781 > Andreas Zilian > DRIVEN > Data-driven Computational Modelling And Applications > 01/09/2018 > 28/02/2025 > 2017 |
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