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    Comparison of three recent discrete stochastic inversion methods and influence of the prior choice
    Groundwater flow depends on subsurface heterogeneity, which often calls for categorical fields to represent different geological facies. The knowledge about subsurface is however limited and often provided indirectly by state variables, such as hydraulic heads of contaminant concentrations. In such cases, solving a categorical inverse problem is an important step in subsurface modeling. In this work, we present and compare three recent inverse frameworks: Posterior Population Expansion (PoPEx), Ensemble Smoother with Multiple Data Assimilation (ESMDA), and DREAM-ZS (a Markov chain Monte Carlo sampler). PoPEx and ESDMA are used with Multiple-point statistics (MPS) as geostatistical engines, and DREAM-ZS is used with a Wasserstein generative adversarial network (WGAN). The three inversion methods are tested on a synthetic example of a pumping test in a fluvial channelized aquifer. Moreover, the inverse problem is solved three times with each method, each time using a different training image to check the performance of the methods with different geological priors. To assess the quality of the results, we propose a framework based on continuous ranked probability score (CRPS), which compares single true values with predictive distributions. All methods performed well when using the training image used to create the reference, but their performances were degraded with the alternative training images. PoPEx produced the least geological artifacts but presented a rather slow convergence. ESMDA showed initially a very fast convergence which reaches a plateau, contrary to the remaining methods. DREAM-ZS was overly confident in placing some incorrect geological features but outperformed the other methods in terms of convergence.
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    A parsimonious parametrization of the Direct Sampling algorithm for multiple-point statistical simulations
    Multiple-point statistics algorithms allow modeling spatial variability from training images. Among these techniques, the Direct Sampling (DS) algorithm has advanced capabilities, such as multivariate simulations, treatment of non-stationarity, multi-resolution capabilities, conditioning by inequality or connectivity data. However, finding the right trade-off between computing time and simulation quality requires tuning three main parameters, which can be complicated since simulation time and quality are affected by these parameters in a complex manner. To facilitate the parameter selection, we propose the Direct Sampling Best Candidate (DSBC) parametrization approach. It consists in setting the distance threshold to 0. The two other parameters are kept (the number of neighbors and the scan fraction) as well as all the advantages of DS. We present three test cases that prove that the DSBC approach allows to identify efficiently parameters leading to comparable or better quality and computational time than the standard DS parametrization. We conclude that the DSBC approach could be used as a default mode when using DS, and that the standard parametrization should only be used when the DSBC approach is not sufficient.
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    Ice volume and basal topography estimation using geostatistical methods and GPR measurements: Application on the Tsanfleuron and Scex Rouge glacier, Swiss Alps
    Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is nowadays widely used for determining glacier thickness. However, this method provides thickness data only along the acquisition lines and therefore interpolation has to be made between them. Depending on the interpolation strategy, calculated ice volumes can differ and can lack an accurate error estimation. Furthermore, glacial basal topography is often characterized by complex geomorphological features, which can be hard to reproduce using classical 5 interpolation methods, especially when the conditioning data are sparse or when the morphological features are too complex. This study investigates the applicability of multiple-point statistics (MPS) simulations to interpolate glacier bedrock topography using GPR measurements. In 2018, a dense GPR data set was acquired on the Tsanfleuron Glacier (Switzerland). The results obtained with the direct sampling MPS method are compared against those obtained with kriging and sequential Gaussian simulations (SGS) on both a synthetic data set – with known reference volume and bedrock topography – and the real data 10 underlying the Tsanfleuron glacier. Using the MPS modelled bedrock, the ice volume for the Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron Glacier is estimated to be 113.9 ± 1.6 Miom3 . The direct sampling approach, unlike the SGS and the kriging, allowed not only an accurate volume estimation but also the generation of a set of realistic bedrock simulations. The complex karstic geomorphological features are reproduced, and can be used to significantly improve for example the precision of under-glacial flow estimation.
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    An Attempt to Boost Posterior Population Expansion Using Fast Machine Learning Algorithms
    In hydrogeology, inverse techniques have become indispensable to characterize subsurface parameters and their uncertainty. When modeling heterogeneous, geologically realistic discrete model spaces, such as categorical fields, Monte Carlo methods are needed to properly sample the solution space. Inversion algorithms use a forward operator, such as a numerical groundwater solver. The forward operator often represents the bottleneck for the high computational cost of the Monte Carlo sampling schemes. Even if efficient sampling methods (for example Posterior Population Expansion, PoPEx) have been developed, they need significant computing resources. It is therefore desirable to speed up such methods. As only a few models generated by the sampler have a significant likelihood, we propose to predict the significance of generated models by means of machine learning. Only models labeled as significant are passed to the forward solver, otherwise, they are rejected. This work compares the performance of AdaBoost, Random Forest, and convolutional neural network as classifiers integrated with the PoPEx framework. During initial iterations of the algorithm, the forward solver is always executed and subsurface models along with the likelihoods are stored. Then, the machine learning schemes are trained on the available data. We demonstrate the technique using a simulation of a tracer test in a fluvial aquifer. The geology is modeled by the multiple-point statistical approach, the field contains four geological facies, with associated permeability, porosity, and specific storage values. MODFLOW is used for groundwater flow and transport simulation. The solution of the inverse problem is used to estimate the 10 days protection zone around the pumping well. The estimated speed-ups with Random Forest and AdaBoost were higher than with the convolutional neural network. To validate the approach, computing times of inversion without and with machine learning schemes were computed and the error against the reference solution was calculated. For the same mean error, accelerated PoPEx achieved a speed-up rate of up to 2 with respect to the standard PoPEx.
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    A Framework for the Cross‐Validation of Categorical Geostatistical Simulations
    The mapping of subsurface parameters and the quantification of spatial uncertainty requires selecting adequate models and their parameters. Cross‐validation techniques have been widely used for geostatistical model selection for continuous variables, but the situation is different for categorical variables. In these cases, cross‐validation is seldom applied, and there is no clear consensus on which method to employ. Therefore, this paper proposes a systematic framework for the cross‐validation of geostatistical simulations of categorical variables such as geological facies. The method is based on K‐fold cross‐validation combined with a proper scoring rule. It can be applied whenever an observation data set is available. At each cross‐validation iteration, the training set becomes conditioning data for the tested geostatistical model, and the ensemble of simulations is compared to true values. The proposed framework is generic. Its application is illustrated with two examples using multiple‐point statistics simulations. In the first test case, the aim is to identify a training image from a given data set. In the second test case, the aim is to identify the parameters in a situation including nonstationarity for a coastal alluvial aquifer in the south of France. Cross‐validation scores are used as metrics of model performance and quadratic scoring rule, zero‐one score, and balanced linear score are compared. The study shows that the proposed fivefold stratified cross‐validation with the quadratic scoring rule allows ranking the geostatistical models and helps to identify the proper parameters.
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    Using Generative Adversarial Networks as a Fast Forward Operator for Hydrogeological Inverse Problems
    (2020-4)
    Dagasin, Yasin
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    Subsurface characterization using inverse techniques constitutes one of the fundamental elements of hydrogeological modeling applications. Available methods to solve inverse problems rely on a forward operator that predicts state variables for a given set of subsurface parameters. As the number of model parameters to be estimated increases, forward operations incur a significant computational demand. In this paper, we investigate the use of conditional generative adversarial networks (cGAN) as an emulator for the forward operator in the context of a hydrogeological inverse problem. We particularly investigate if the cGAN can be used to replace the forward operator used in the adaptive importance sampling method posterior population expansion (PoPEx) with reasonable accuracy and feasible computation requirement. The cGAN model trained on channelized geological structures has shown that the cGAN is able to reproduce the state variables corresponding to a certain parameter field. Hence, its integration in PoPEx yielded satisfactory results. In terms of the computational demand, the use of cGAN as a surrogate forward model reduces the required computational time up to 80% for the problem defined in the study. However, the training time required to create a model seems to be the major drawback of the method.