Unified Hydrogeophysical Parameter Estimation Approach to Subsurface Contaminant Transport - Subsurface Imaging Collaboration with the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS)

The complexity of subsurface science and the cleanup issues currently faced by DOE-EM can only be addressed by integrating research from different scientific disciplines into cohesive models. Too often, geophysical, hydrological, contaminant transport and geochemical data are collected and analyzed independently from one another.

This research will focus on using quantitative optimization tools to integrate geophysical and hydrological data for imaging the subsurface. This should lead to better understanding of the functional inter-relatedness between specific geophysical and hydrogeophysical parameters, and ultimately contribute to more accurate subsurface modeling.