Wednesday, April 2, 2008: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Mississippi (Memphis Cook Convention Center)
Evaluation of Multiple Conceptual Models and Modeling Scenarios II
Moderator:Yu-Feng Lin, Illinois State Water Survey and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1:00 p.m.On Model Selection Criteria in Multimodel Analysis
Shlomo P. Neuman, University of Arizona, Ming Ye, Ph.D., Florida State University and Philip D. Meyer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
1:20 p.m.Use of Pattern Recognition to Evaluate Alternative Recharge Models
Ming Ye, Ph.D. and Dan Lu, Florida State University
1:40 p.m.Development of pattern recognition and learning utilities for groundwater recharge and discharge estimation and general model conceptualization
Jihua Wang1, Chulyun Kim1, Yu-Feng Lin2, Albert Valocchi1 and Peter Bajcsy3, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2)Illinois State Water Survey and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (3)National Center for Supercomputing Applications and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:00 p.m.Interactive Multi-Objective Inverse Groundwater Modelling – Incorporating Subjective Knowledge and Conceptual Uncertainty
Albert Valocchi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Abhishek Singh, INTERA, Inc., Douglas D. Walker, Illinois State Water Survey and Barbara Minsker, Univ of IL Dept Civil & Envr Eng
2:20 p.m.Characterization of conceptual model uncertainties and estimation of their impact on contaminant transport predictions
Velimir Vesselinov, Kay Birdsell and David Broxton, LANL
2:40 p.m.Groundwater Yield Estimates Using Alternative Conceptual Models and Alternative Climatic Scenarios: Dell City, Texas
William R. Hutchison, Ph.D., P.E., P.G, El Paso Water Utilities
3:00 p.m.Scenario Based Modeling for Future Groundwater Management Planning
Tim Lant, PhD and Vanessa Marie Escobar, Arizona State University
3:20 p.m.Incorporating Scenario Uncertainty within a Hydrogeologic Uncertainty Assessment Methodology
Philip D. Meyer1, Thomas Nicholson2, Ming Ye, Ph.D.3, Shlomo P. Neuman4 and Mark L. Rockhold1, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, (2)US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, (3)Florida State University, (4)University of Arizona
3:40 p.m.Understanding Model Uncertainty using Alternative Models, Sensitivity Analysis and Inferential Statistics
Eileen P. Poeter, Ph.D., PE, IGWMC Colorado School of Mines, Mary C. Hill, US Geological Survey and Laura Foglia, University of California

2008 Ground Water Summit