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Using a Cloud to Replenish Parched Groundwater Modeling Efforts
Author(s) -
Hunt Randall J.,
Luchette Joseph,
Schreuder Willem A.,
Rumbaugh James O.,
Doherty John,
Tonkin Matthew J.,
Rumbaugh Douglas B.
Publication year - 2010
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.1745-6584.2010.00699.x
Subject(s) - groundwater , environmental science , cloud computing , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , computer science , geotechnical engineering , operating system
Groundwater models can be improved by introduction of additional parameter flexibility and simultaneous use of soft‐knowledge. However, these sophisticated approaches have high computational requirements. Cloud computing provides unprecedented access to computing power via the Internet to facilitate the use of these techniques. A modeler can create, launch, and terminate “virtual” computers as needed, paying by the hour, and save machine images for future use. Such cost‐effective and flexible computing power empowers groundwater modelers to routinely perform model calibration and uncertainty analysis in ways not previously possible.