title: The synergistic powers of AEM and GIS geodatabase models in water resources studies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, KS 66506-5000, USA. steward@ksu.edu
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Steward
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D007615:Kansas; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants