Abstract

Arc Hydro Groundwater - data model for managing hydrogeologic data
Track: Water Resources
Authors: Gil Strassberg, Norm Jones, David Maidment

Arc Hydro Groundwater is a data model (geodatabase design) for representing groundwater information within ArcGIS. The data models helps archive, display, and analyze multidimensional groundwater data, and includes several components to represent different types of datasets including: representations of aquifers and wells, borehole data, 3D hydrogeologic models (including cross sections, fence diagrams, and volume models), temporal information such as water level and water quality measurements and associated interpolated surfaces, and data from groundwater simulation models with focus on MODFLOW models. The data model is compatible with the surface water data model and both data models share a common framework. The data model is accompanied with the Arc Hydro Groundwater tools; a set of ArcGIS based tools that support implementation of the different components of the data model.