From 2005-06-06 to 2005-06-09

Venue: The Hague, The Netherlands

Summary:
Assessment of the level of uncertainty associated with model predictions has been an important topic in groundwater hydrology for several decades. It has been shown in numerous cases that predictions that take account of uncertainty in an explicit manner may even improve model predictability. At the same time, many approaches have been developed to reduce uncertainty through conditioning to data, inverse estimation and data-assimilation. However, explicit use of uncertainty information in decision making is still rare, which is mainly caused by the lack of methods and exemplifying case studies about 'uncertainty management' in groundwater hydrology.

ModelCARE 2005 is a follow-up to the successful conferences ModelCARE'90 (The Netherlands), ModelCARE'96 (USA), ModelCARE'99 (Switzerland) and ModelCARE 2002 (Czech Republic). As before, the conference aims at providing an international forum for state-of-the-art presentations on relevant methodologies and techniques and to identify needs for future development. The conference will involve both theoretical developments and advanced case studies in uncertainty assessment, reduction and management.

Organizers: Jointly convened by the Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO - National Geological Survey (TNO-NITG) and the International Commission on Groundwater (ICGW) of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
Contact Name: Hans Gehrels
E-mail: cal.conferenceagency@wxs.nl
URL: http://modelcare2005.nitg.tno.nl/