BGS has developed a number of groundwater modelling software tools that simulate groundwater systems at a range of scales.
The ZOOM suite of models has been designed to simulate local-scale flows within regional- and national-scale groundwater systems. The suite consists of:
- ZOODRM: distributed groundwater recharge model
- ZOOMQ3D: saturated groundwater flow model
- ZOOPT: advective solute transport code
These codes have been applied to a wide range of hydrogeological conditions and hydrological regimes from the arid West Bank in Palestine to the Dumfries Basin sandstone aquifer in Scotland.
Our research is becoming more interdisciplinary to answer science questions related to environmental change. This requires the integration of models of different components of the water cycle. To facilitate this, we are implementing software tools to that enable different models to interact with each other. New technologies such as OpenMI are being used link our models to those of other environmental software developers. For example: working in partnership with HR Wallingford, we have linked an InfoWorksRS river model with a ZOOMQ3D groundwater model. This is being used to simulate the processes operating during the fluvial-driven groundwater floods in Oxford during July 2007.
Contact
Please contact Dr Christopher Jackson for further information.