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The Synergistic Powers of AEM and GIS Geodatabase Models in Water Resources Studies
Author(s) -
Steward David R.,
Bernard Eric A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.00172.x
Subject(s) - spatial database , hydrogeology , geographic information system , interface (matter) , computer science , groundwater , component (thermodynamics) , representation (politics) , database , object (grammar) , data mining , aquifer , spatial analysis , geology , remote sensing , artificial intelligence , geotechnical engineering , physics , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , politics , political science , law , thermodynamics
Comprehensive studies of water resources systems require integration of modeling tools and data associated with individual processes. An object‐oriented approach is presented here that associates ground water models based upon the analytic element method (AEM) with geographic information system (GIS) geodatabase features using an AEM Model Interface. Each aquifer object contains a prescribed geometry, a mathematical representation in the AEM, and GIS hydrogeologic data. The synergistic understanding inherent in such an approach is illustrated by a study linking local AEM model predictions of water elevation with ground water geodatabase objects. This AEM Model Interface provides a key component in establishing a common object‐oriented geodatabase modeling approach linking ground water to a variety of natural and social processes.