Showing papers on "Process modeling published in 1972"

Role of Modern Methods of Data Analysis for Interpretation of Hydrologic Data in Arizona

Abstract: INTRODUCTION Mathematical models of hydrologic and water resource systems have been the subject of intensive investigation in recent years. Their construction requires substantial data. Our goal in this paper is to interrelate the processes of data analysis and model building. Implied in this goal is the use of models to forecast for either scientific reasons or decision making (ultimately). The digital computer has led to the rapid development of methods for extracting more information from available hydrologic data and for more comprehensive management of real systems. However, there has been a substantial roadblock in developing standardized computer packages, in orienting hydrologists and engineers to the advantages of computer -based data analysis, and in achieving compatibility between existing data bases and computer models developed for private and government contractors. To achieve maximum information (dependent on one's definition) from the available data, a skillful amalgamation is necessary of knowledge about methods of data analysis, hydrologic processes in space and time, process modeling, and identification of properties of process models from the data. To demonstrate this synthesis, examples are drawn from previous and current research on modeling aquifers,