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Steffen Mehl1, Mary C Hill, Stanley A Leake

  • 1US Geological Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Boulder, CO 80303, USA. swmehl@usgs.gov

Ground Water
|November 8, 2006
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Local-grid refinement (LGR) improves groundwater modeling accuracy. A new shared node LGR method significantly reduces discrepancies in head and flux compared to traditional methods, enhancing surface water-groundwater interaction simulations.

Area of Science:

  • Hydrogeology
  • Computational Hydrology
  • Numerical Modeling

Background:

  • Groundwater flow models often use finite-difference methods requiring fine grids for accuracy in specific areas.
  • Full-domain fine grids are computationally expensive, while variably spaced grids can introduce inaccuracies.
  • Local-grid refinement (LGR) offers a solution by concentrating grid detail only where needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and evaluate different LGR methods for groundwater modeling.
  • To compare the accuracy and efficiency of traditional LGR with a new shared node LGR method.
  • To assess the performance of these methods in simulating surface water-groundwater interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Tested two-dimensional heterogeneous and three-dimensional surface water-groundwater interaction cases using MODFLOW-2000.

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  • Compared simulations using a uniform fine grid, variably spaced grid, traditional LGR, and a new shared node LGR with feedback.
  • Investigated discrepancies in head and cell-to-cell fluxes against a uniform fine grid solution.

    • Main Results:

    • Traditional one-way coupled LGR methods showed head discrepancies up to 6.8% and flux discrepancies up to 7.1%.
    • The new shared node LGR method demonstrated significantly lower discrepancies, with head errors of 0.089% and flux errors of 0.14%.
    • The new method offers a favorable trade-off between accuracy, flexibility, and computational time.

    Conclusions:

    • The new shared node LGR method provides a substantial improvement in accuracy for groundwater flow modeling.
    • This method is effective for simulating complex scenarios like surface water-groundwater interactions.
    • The findings highlight the benefits of advanced LGR techniques for computational efficiency and model fidelity.