TY - JOUR
T1 - GIS-based hydrogeological databases and groundwater modelling
AU - Gogu, Radu Constantin
AU - Carabin, Guy
AU - Hallet, Vincent
AU - Peters, Valerie
AU - Dassargues, Alain
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Reliability and validity of groundwater analysis strongly depend on the availability of large volumes of high-quality data. Putting all data into a coherent and logical structure supported by a computing environment helps ensure validity and availability and provides a powerful tool for hydrogeological studies. A hydrogeological geographic information system (GIS) database that offers facilities for groundwater-vulnerability analysis and hydrogeological modelling has been designed in Belgium for the Walloon region. Data from five river basins, chosen for their contrasting hydrogeological characteristics, have been included in the database, and a set of applications that have been developed now allow further advances. Interest is growing in the potential for integrating GIS technology and groundwater simulation models. A "loose-coupling" tool was created between the spatial-database scheme and the groundwater numerical model interface GMS (Groundwater Modelling System). Following time and spatial queries, the hydrogeological data stored in the database can be easily used within different groundwater numerical models.
AB - Reliability and validity of groundwater analysis strongly depend on the availability of large volumes of high-quality data. Putting all data into a coherent and logical structure supported by a computing environment helps ensure validity and availability and provides a powerful tool for hydrogeological studies. A hydrogeological geographic information system (GIS) database that offers facilities for groundwater-vulnerability analysis and hydrogeological modelling has been designed in Belgium for the Walloon region. Data from five river basins, chosen for their contrasting hydrogeological characteristics, have been included in the database, and a set of applications that have been developed now allow further advances. Interest is growing in the potential for integrating GIS technology and groundwater simulation models. A "loose-coupling" tool was created between the spatial-database scheme and the groundwater numerical model interface GMS (Groundwater Modelling System). Following time and spatial queries, the hydrogeological data stored in the database can be easily used within different groundwater numerical models.
KW - Belgium
KW - Database management
KW - Geographic information systems
KW - Groundwater management
KW - Numerical modelling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2642587775&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10040-001-0167-3
DO - 10.1007/s10040-001-0167-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2642587775
SN - 1431-2174
VL - 9
SP - 555
EP - 569
JO - Hydrogeology Journal
JF - Hydrogeology Journal
IS - 6
ER -