DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF A GROUNDWATER MODEL TO A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

Published
2006-02-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14295/ras.v20i2.10438

    Authors

  • Cristiano das Neves Almeida
  • Jackson Roehrig
  • Edson Cezar Wendland

Abstract

This paper shows the implementation of a section of a Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) which was developed to the water resources area, more specifically to the groundwater area. The DSS, called ARENA (Análise de Recursos Naturais, in Portuguese), is made up of a groundwater model, a Geographic Information System (GIS), the JUMP, a georeferenced database and GUIs (Graphical User Interface) to access data. The Finite Element Method (FEM) was used to solve the differential partial equations that governs the groundwater flow. The DSS was developed through Oriented Object (OO) that represents systems based on classes. One important contribution is the integration of the model and the GIS, because both of them use the same geometric entity during the simulation. In the end, applications of the ARENA are presented to a hypothetical system (a non-steady simulation) in order to evaluate the DSS potentialities, where the JUMP tools supported well the groundwater simulation process, even though some limitation were found.

How to Cite
Almeida, C. das N., Roehrig, J., & Wendland, E. C. (2006). DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF A GROUNDWATER MODEL TO A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM. Águas Subterrâneas, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.14295/ras.v20i2.10438