Advances in Hydrogeological Investigations: From Numerical Modelling to Field Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The investigation of the heterogeneity of subsurface hydrogeological properties is essential for many underground engineering applications, such as the groundwater resource management, groundwater remediation, and geothermal applications. Over the last decades, new techniques for both numerical modelling and field investigation of hydrogeological parameters have evolved due to the development of computer power and modern sensing technology.

This Special Issue aims to present advanced techniques applied to aquifer characterization. Numerical modelling, laboratory experiments, and field investigations are main components of this Special Issue.  Research on these subjects helps to improve the understanding of aquifer characteristics and thus the accuracy of simulation and prediction of groundwater flow and transport. You are encouraged to submit papers related to aquifer characterization, inverse problems of subsurface hydrology, hydraulic, thermal and solute tracer tomography, hydrogeophysics, numerical model development, field investigations and applications, aquifer heterogeneity on different scales and multidisciplinary studies. We are also interested in studies that incorporate supercomputer platforms, computer clusters, or other hardware, which can be useful tools for calibrating big data obtained from field investigations or highly resolved laboratory experiments.

Prof. Dr. Rui Hu
Dr. Linwei Hu
Prof. Dr. Zhi Dou
Guest Editors

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