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GW Contour v.1.0 User`s Manual

1. Set marker Column 2 Column 3 Back Frin Cancel Once you have entered all required information click on the Finish button to complete the import process Your data points will be added to your project and a Data set will be added to the Data set node of the project tree 2 3 4 Import Data 42 To import data from a file instead of pasting from the Windows Clipboard you can either right clicking on the Data node in the Project tree and select New or click on Input gt Data Set gt New from the Main Menu The Data Set Wizard window will appear as shown in the following screenshot Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Data Set Wizard Data set name Data set type Concentration Anisotropy factor fi Data input options i Import file Paste from clipboard E Delimiter MW Comma M Tab M Space Other Apply 1 Back hew Cancel In the Data Set Wizard window click the Import file radio button if it is not already selected then click in the Data set name field and enter a name Select the Data set type from the combo box and then click the Browse button Ex and select the file to be imported from a folder on your hard drive In the case of Conductivity you will also need to enter an Anisotropy factor between Kx and Ky GW Contour can import data from ASCII TXT files Surfer GRD files MS Excel XLS files ESRI Points SHP files and MS Access MDB files When im
2. General e Visible I Proportional to magnitude Number per node f Scale factor 5 0 Color E LiveUpdate Cancel 2 You can also modify the Vector properties under the Property Viewer as shown in the following screenshot select any Vectors node from the tree view then modify the necessary settings 58 Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking Visible El Interpolated results Average conductivit 0 0002 Average porosity 0 3 Heads Head Porosity Mo Hydraulic conductivit El Display settings Show magnitude No Number per node 1 Scale Factor 2 Color LC Aquamarine Live update Yes If you Use Average Values for either the Conductivity or Porosity you may modify the values under the Interpolated results section A detailed description of the options in the Property viewer can be found in Velocity Vector Options on page 36 The changes will only take effect after you update the velocity vector map unless you check the Liveupdate option To manually update the velocity vector map right click on a Velocity Vectors sub node in the tree then select Show Velocity Vectors 4 1 Particle Tracking Maps The Particle Tracking Map is unique because it does not simply represent a snap shot in time Groundwater pathlines represent a historical travel log of the groundwater particles By displaying time markers you can see where the groundwater will travel to or originated
3. NEW Froe C ina doi we beeen ee ee ees 15 Detaul project settini Dr 15 Project Units aoe as ai eh aes cs 16 Project Domain and Base Map sele cion on doo 18 Adding Georelerence ROMS rd aa rro idas rca 19 De letins Georeterence POMS velorio dd rodea 20 NAS A eRe eee See Ete Gas erates eatee ewes 21 Working With your project is 26 Main Men ET A A EE 26 Pro eee NT eaa a R E ao ata ee ee So E E N 2l VIEW IN ros ves E ee ee eGR SG E SA E a ee ee as 27 AWPU Met a cae esd oer on ata nian ra es ae ea 28 OE O VM ce sett a Adee Ber ee ee Etats Aaa 28 Help Mentor hd Route beats be etree Bae A breed Aia 30 Project TCC sod ee id ee ord tot Ri bene aS 30 Property VIEW ioe Es 31 Project OPHONS salda Harte cd Rae eee ean la SAS AS ERAT eae bee de 31 Base Map OPuens orita adios da EAN A a a Soe BA 34 Dati Se CODION tasas SS a cs ie 34 Interpolated Result OpuOns lt 20 1h A da eee eee aks 35 VEIOCILY VECLOr ONIS tered tweet te eee a tet ea da arts 36 Particle tae kine OPOS nasa Dane eked Abe A eae RAG ARERR ee nS 37 REPO OPO 42 0 otis oe ale nears ae ee ee ee Oe oe ee ee eee aed 37 Plot VIC WOR oi Boo AAA a 38 Data phere eoe e hee anadir pi 38 Base Maps siii A Wee ee do 39 Deletins a Base Maps dra ls dt dM ee A A Es 39 Addins a Base Maussan ee eee e na de ee 39 Renamine a Base MAD aa tae Ot ees oka ae th eee eh He A e 39 Data SOUS 58 ood en Se ee od ee ek Rehr E we Oe ee bees 39 Copy and Paste Dita seek ee ew haw aw hae eae ee
4. e Display settings Provides options for modifying the data set Markers and Labels e Marker Provides options for modifying the data markers which indicate the location of data points on the project domain e Visible Show hide data markers e Size Increase decrease the size of data markers Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour e Style Change the appearance of data markers e Fill Colour Change the shading colour of the data markers e Pen Colour Change the outline colour of the data markers e Label Provides options for modifying the data labels which indicate the value assigned to a data point e Visible Show hide data labels e Size Increase decrease the size of data labels e Alignment Change the location of the label in relation to the data point e Decimals Number of decimal places in the data set values Interpolated Result Options Data set El Display settings Plot type El Plot settings E Line settings Color E Label settings Visible Font Font color Color Decimals Decimals El Interpolation settings Common Head Contour lines Rainbow Tes B Black Rainbow 3 3 Interpolation methoc Inverse distance Specific Live update Yes When a sub node is selected making it the active selection the Property viewer will display the following parameters e Data set Allows you to change the data set being used for interpolation e Display settings Provides options f
5. e Data set Provides options for managing the project data sets e New Create a new data set by importing data from a file or copying and pasting data from the Windows clipboard Please see Data Sets on page 39 for a detailed explanation Edit Manually modify the data points in the selected data set You must click on the data set to be edited in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the edit operation You can edit the X and Y coordinates and the values for any point s Delete Remove the selected data set from the project You must click on the data set to be deleted in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the delete operation Control points Add additional points to the data set to be used during the interpolation process e Add single Add one control point at the desired location e Add along a line Add a line of evenly spaced control points e Import Import control points X Y value from a text file e Edit Modify the X Y coordinates and values for the control points e Export Export control points to a text file e Save to project Save control points as a part of the project Unsaved control points are lost when the project is closed e Delete single Select a control point to remove e Delete all Remove all control points for the selected data set The Output item in the Main Menu has the following options Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Outpu
6. e Input Contains menu items and submenus for creating and manipulating data sets and base maps The Input menu and submenus allow users to e Create and delete base maps e Create edit and delete data sets e Manage control points add load delete save export etc e Output Contains menu items and submenus for creating and manipulating interpolated results velocity vectors particle tracking output and reports 26 Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Options for copying to the clipboard and exporting to an image file are also located in the Output menu Settings Contains options for editing interpolation settings velocity vector settings particle tracking settings and project settings The Settings menu also includes tools for editing the properties of the active interpolated result layer Help The Help menu contains information About the program Version registration and contact information and the Contents of the Online Help file Project Menu The Project item in the Main Menu bar has the following options View Menu New Ctrl M Open Ctrl Close Save Ctrl 5 Save os Print Previews Print Recent projects F Exit New Create a new GW Contour project Open Open an existing project Close Close the current project Save Save the current project Save As Save a copy of the current project Print Preview View the current image in the Project Viewer as it will be printed Print
7. please see Geostatistical Software Library and User s Guide Second Edition by C Deutsch and A Journet Oxford University Press 1998 Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Layer Settings Advanced settings E Va xi Contour settings Labels Lines e Visible Color palette Rainbow i Decimals Line interval Color palette Rainbow En Min Max Quay A Pan E Low High Transparency po Contour settings Label visible Indicates that contour value labels will be displayed Label font Define the font for labels Decimals Number of decimal places included in contour value labels Interval An interval of 2 for example means that only every second contour line will be labeled Color settings Color palette The color palette used on the color shading and contour line maps The default palette is rainbow Image quality The quality resolution of color shading Zebra If checked colours do not grade smoothly from one to the next Instead transitional colours between the major colour shades are removed resulting in one colour on the Plot viewer representing a range of values Transparency Allows contour lines base maps pathlines and other layers to be seen at the same time as the colour shading overlay The default transparency is 50 however it can be increased or decreased as desired Once you have modified the Advanced settings to your satisfaction click the OK butt
8. Max Ti F Quadratic drift in T Quadratic drift in T Cross quadratic drittes Varlograms Cancel The tabs across the top of the window provide access to the advanced options which are described below Please Note that the Bilinear interpolation method available only when interpolating a GRD file does not have any Advanced Settings and so is not mentioned in this section Note For more information on selecting and modifying interpolation parameters please see Geostatistical Software Library and User s Guide Second Edition by New Projects 21 22 C Deutsch and A Journet Oxford University Press 1998 Kriging Advanced settings E A a Ernging method Point per block and Y i Points for block Min fi Max Ernging type Ordinary Nonstationary simple Stationary simple Angle one o Mean fo Angle two ot With external drift Nugget constant 0 2 Drift types Radius M Linear ditin sul 100 Linear drift inv Max 100 T Quadratic drift in Quadratic drift inv T Cross quadratic drift Y Varlograms Cancel Point per block along X and Y Allows the user to choose Block Kriging used for interpolation instead of Point Kriging Block Kriging is based on the premise that since Kriging is a linear algorithm direct estimation of the block average is possible for user defined blocks The default values for this parameter is 1 Min and max points for bl
9. Minimum and Maximum coordinate for the X and Y axes If you provide project extents you can then click the Advanced Settings button to configure your Advanced settings see page 21 for a description of the options available The Number of grid intervals determines the number of nodes across the domain that will be used for interpolation purposes A higher number will create a finer interpolation but may also result in longer interpolation times Then click Finish in the Default project settings window to complete the creation of your project Alternately the project domain can be defined in relation to a base map that is imported into the project A base map is a graphical image of the project domain which has been geo referenced with X and Y coordinates to define the lateral extents of the map Base map import can take place during project creation or at a later date once the project has already been created Please Note that if you do not import a base map during project creation you will need to Provide project extents and then import your base map at a later date using georeference coordinates that will overlay the project extents you have already defined GW Contour supports import of base maps in the following file formats BMP JPG TIF GIF DXF SVG EMF PNG In the Project domain frame you can choose the Use base map option then select your file by manually entering the pathname and file name or use the Set Path
10. Result Options 35 Interpolated Results 49 Interpolated results settings 50 Interpolation method 50 Interpolation Results Exporting 53 Inverse Distance 24 K Kriging 22 L Layer Settings 25 N Natural Neighbor 24 Number per Node 57 P Particle Tracking 59 Particle Tracking Frequency 62 Particle Tracking Options 37 Particle Tracking Settings 61 Particles animating 64 Particles Deleting 65 Plot viewer 38 Porosity 40 INDEX Project Options 31 Project Tree 30 Project Units 16 Property Viewer 31 Proportional to Magnitude 57 Provide project extents 18 R Report Options 37 Report Templates 73 Reports 67 S Scale Factor 57 Set Model Region 18 V Vector maps Editing 58 Velocity Vector Options 36 Velocity Vector Settings 55 Velocity Vectors 55 Vertical exaggeration 18
11. Select a different template for your report Template list Available Templates Template HITEC test e When the template is changed all the annotation layers shapes text and the GW Contour image will be carried over to the new template About the Interface 71 Image Side Toolbar The Image menu Side Toolbar contains items for controlling objects on the report and the page s zoom magnification The Side Toolbar and Image menu contain slightly different options however most options are found in both locations Pointer Use the mouse to drag and drop or resize objects in the report template Clipboard Copy the contents of the preview window to the Windows Clipboard Text Add text labels to the report When this item is selected the following dialog will appear iol x Format Enter text here Enter the desired text into the box provided You may change also format the text entered by selecting the Format gt Font menu item which will load the standard Font Size Style Color dialog Once you configure the text to your satisfaction click OK in the Font dialog and again in the Enter Text dialog You must then place the text box at the desired location in the report and left click once to fix it onto the report After this you may need to re size the text box to achieve the desired appearance Line Add a line Rectangle Outlined Filled or Filled and Outlined Ellipse Outlined Fi
12. Send the current image in the Project Viewer to the printer Recent projects Open an existing project from a list of projects that have been viewed recently Exit Close GW Contour The View item in the Main Menu bar has the following options View we Tree view window w Property view i Legend FS zoom F Tree view window Allows you to view hide the Project tree Property view Allows you to view hide the Property view Legend Allows you to view hide the project legend Zoom Provides options for magnifying the project domain Working with your project 27 Input Menu Zoom In Allows you to zoom into a selected area defined by clicking and dragging the mouse to create a zoom window Zoom Out Returns to the default plan view Zoom Animated When used in conjunction with the Zoom In Zoom Out option allows you to dynamically zoom towards or away from a point using your mouse button Zoom Previous Returns to the last zoom setting The Input item in the Main Menu has the following options Output Menu Input Base map F Data sek PF e Base map Provides options for managing the project base maps e New Add a new base map to the project domain Please see Adding a Base Map on page 39 for a detailed explanation e Delete Remove the selected basemap from the project You must click on the map to be deleted in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the delete operation
13. and report templates which can be printed or exported for convenient transfer to your colleagues and or clients The Report Editor provides the following features e Send Particle Tracking or Interpolated Results data to the Report Maker e Create and save Report Layout Templates e Create and Manage Reports e Design and Preview Reports e Add annotation text or objects lines and shapes e Modify the order of report layers e Paste images from clipboard e Save Export and Print Reports The Report Editor contains two modules e The Template Designer create and save page templates for re use The Report Maker create save and print reports containing your GW Contour maps and data Each module of the Report Editor comes with its own set of toolbars and icons that perform specific tasks related to the window The following sections present a detailed description of the toolbar icons for each component 5 1 About the Interface There are two main components to the Report Editor the Report Maker and the Template Designer The Report Maker allows you to create a new report or edit an existing report while the Template Designer allows you to develop a common framework that can be used to make multiple reports quickly and easily Both features use a common interface and so the features are described together in the following sections About the Interface 67 The Report Maker may be launched from GW Contour by either right clickin
14. button Bl to locate your image file Once you have selected your image file the Georeference Base Map window will appear as shown in the following screenshot Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour i Georeference Base Map ae ex File Options In order to map the pixels of the image to a coordinate system the graphics file must have two georeference points with known coordinates These georeference points must be defined by the user as described below If an AutoCAD DXF file is used for the site map the top right hand section of the Select Model Region window will already contain the Display Area coordinates where X1 Y1 is the map coordinate in the lower left hand corner and X2 Y2 is the map coordinate in the top right hand corner These values are automatically read from the map file and may be modified to expand or shrink the available real estate for defining the project domain If a graphics file is used for the site map the top right hand section will contain the coordinates of the two Georeference Points once they have been entered These values cannot be modified unless one of the georeference points is deleted and a different georeference point is assigned Adding Georeference Points To set the first georeference point e Click the Set Georeference Point icon in the toolbar e Click on a map location where the world coordinates are known e A Georeference point window will appea
15. creating Interpolated results Porosity From the combo box select a porosity interpolated results data set If one is not available you can return to the Input create a Porosity data set then interpolate this data set Please see Chapter 3 Interpolated Results for a complete description on creating Interpolated results Alternately 1f porosity data 1s not available you can select the option Use an average value and enter an estimated porosity value for the project domain NOTE Porosity should be entered as the effective porosity Hydraulic Conductivity From the combo box select a conductivity interpolated results data set If one is not available you can return to the Input create a Conductivity data set then interpolate this data set Please see 61 Chapter 3 Interpolated Results for a complete description on creating Interpolated results Alternately if conductivity data is not available you can select the option Use an average value and enter an estimated conductivity value for the project domain e The Live update option allows you to apply changes immediately if selected or wait until the node is manually refreshed before changes are applied if it is not selected Once you have defined the data requirements click Next to proceed to the next step in the Particle tracking wizard Particle tracking wizard Settings E a _ O x General Max travel time 100 0 days Line width fi Path l
16. desktop click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs and remove GW Contour from the list Installation 5 1 1 On Line Help The On Line Help includes full color screen captures and illustrations which are otherwise black and white in the GW Contour User s Manual The information of interest can be viewed at all stages of the project On Line Help can be accessed by selecting Help Contents from the Main Menu A Help window will appear similar to the one shown below This window is divided into three main areas e A Navigation Frame on the left displays the Contents Index Search and Favorites tabs e A Toolbar across the top displays a set of buttons to move around the Help system e A Topic Frame on the right displays the actual Help topics included in the On Line Help Navigation Frame Toolbar Topic Frame E GWCHelp e Hide Back Print Options Contents Inde Search Favorites Schlumberger WATER SERVICES 1 Intraggactior 2 wong with Gw Contour 3 Interpolated Results gt 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Trackin 5 Reports Introduction GW Contour is a data interpolation and visualization tool that can create two dimensional groundwater data models graphically displayed using color shading contour maps and velocity vector maps GW Contour also runs simulations that describe particle movement in a hydrogeological area over time G
17. ek retire adn 65 Edine Particle Trackin Maps xc cise ae AS as oS rea Morne Gees BES wre Rew eerie 66 A wna Fo sae eee Soe ee eae paw aee ee axes eneaee OF About ENG Interact ds 67 Mam Toolbar 0d is AA ERA eel ee eee er 68 Side TODD ARs is aaa A a ES OS A ida 69 Mam Menu Dar canas lia 69 Report Template acia e Salah aoe ha eee ewe ade tai adria 69 Pla Oo Gate Opener ead a eNO eee ek eee Bh eran eee ocd 70 Lanas o Neri econ cid eee 70 mate Side Toolbar cue is kare O E Es o A A Che ee heed 12 FGDs ate E E eat E heat eae E EEE E E EEN E E E E N E E E EE A 73 Creating Report Templates coria pida AA AAA A 73 Pace Ay OU r 27 5 ie cere ra Deion dre eee it E a See aa ee 74 Credle Page BOEL ss tude di as dae Bein Ph BS eer ees 74 IMIG TCX Labels tus tiles we Saw wea me Seo a Sak ete es ee ae ek ds as 75 Adno an IMA oak ae aa oes ee ae or aes Pees oe Oe oe eA she ee de 76 Modifying Layer Orderss i 4d scc o is AA osama dates 77 Introduction GW Contour is a data interpolation and visualization tool that can create two dimensional groundwater data models graphically displayed using color shading contour maps and velocity vector maps GW Contour also runs simulations that describe particle movement in a hydrogeological area over time GW Contour supports several data file formats and works by interpolating discrete data sets and presenting the interpolation results as color shading and or contour maps Based on interpolation results of spe
18. from after specified time intervals e g 365 730 7300 days Particle pathlines are calculated based on Darcy s law which is summarized by the following formula dh KAZ 2 dl where Q flow rate K Conductivity A Area through which the water flows dh dl Hydraulic gradient In GW Contour the hydraulic conductivity K denotes only the horizontal conductivity Kx Ky due to the two dimensional nature of the models To calculate pathline distance you need to know the groundwater velocity Particle Tracking Maps 59 60 When water flows through an open channel the flow rate Q is equal to the product of the velocity V and the cross sectional area of flow A Q V A Re arrange this equation to solve for velocity yal A In a porous medium the area which groundwater may flow through is equal to the product of the effective porosity ne and the physical dimensions Therefore by substitution we can get the following equation dh dl K A V aa And simplify to get Ko V Ne The distance that pathlines travel is calculated using Where D distance V groundwater velocity calculation explained above T travel time Note that the groundwater velocity should not be assumed to be the same as the contaminant velocity due to the following factors that affect contaminant movement e Biodegradation decay and adsorption e Diffusion and dispersion Note For more details please refe
19. import and geo referencing of graphics files to use as background maps Supported formats are DXF BMP GIF TIF JPG PNG and EMF Color shading map Color shading based representation of the interpolated results demonstrating data variation within the geographic area of the project domain Contour maps Contour line based representation of the interpolated results demonstrating data variation within the geographic area of the project domain 1 1 3 Interpretation and Analysis 1 1 4 Reporting 1 2 Installation Velocity vector map Create a map of vectors representing the velocity and orientation of groundwater movement Particle tracking Simulation of particle movement over time using both forward and backward tracking particles Export to graphics file Export of maps images in several file formats BMP JPG WMEF EMF DXF TIF GIF and PNG Professional reports Generation of reports based on images from the GUI window with text objects and images added and customized headers footers with company information and logos To run GW Contour you will need the following minimum system configuration Pentium I 300 MHz 64 MB of RAM 128 MB recommended CD ROM drive 100 MBytes free hard drive space Windows 2000 SP4 Windows XP Professional SP1 or later Windows Vista Business Ultimate Enterprise with Microsoft NET Framework Version 1 1 available from the Microsoft Windows Update website
20. in the following screenshot Tree viewer El Test_Project El Base map i e Serial photo Deleting a Base Map To remove an existing Base map from your project you can either right click on the sub node and select Remove or you can select the sub node in the Project tree then click on Input gt Base map gt Delete from the Main Menu Adding a Base Map To add a Base map to an existing project you can either right click on the Base map node in the Project tree and select New or click on Input gt Base map gt New from the Main Menu In either case the Base map settings window will appear as shown in the following screenshot Base map settings E J x Mame Basemap Example 5 Destination CAG Contour Source En Ok Cancel From the Base map settings window you can enter a Name for the new Base map select the Destination folder for the georeferenced file and select the Source file The process for adding a new Base map is the same as described in Project Domain and Base Map selection on page 18 Renaming a Base Map To rename a Base Map in the Project tree you can right click on the Base map node in the Project tree and select Rename 2 3 2 Data Sets GW Contour allows users to create interpretations and Particle Tracking using several types of Data Sets Heads Hydraulic Conductivity Porosity Concentration and General for all other data set types Data Input 39 Note Although the labe
21. made Markers visible markers will be placed at the location of each Control point in the line Data Input 45 Note If Control points are being added to a data set that has already been Interpo lated the data set must be re interpolated in order to reflect the Control point data Deleting Control Points To delete Control Points from an existing data set you can either right click on the data set sub node in the Project tree and select Control Points or click on Input gt Data Set gt Control Points from the Main Menu Alternately you can use the toolbar buttons when the sub node has been selected in the Project tree In each case you have the option to Delete a single point or Delete all points If Delete single is selected you can click on one or more Control points in the Project viewer to remove them You will not be able to delete a point that is part of the regular data set only Control points If Delete all is selected a warning message will appear prompting you to confirm that all Control points in the data set will be deleted Importing Control Points GW Contour also allows user to import control points from a text TXT file To import Control points select the data set in the Project tree then click Input gt Data Set gt Control Points gt Import The Import ASCII control points window will appear as shown below Load ascII control points eS E 2 xi Look in O RawData d E Fe E Conductiv
22. not be editable The properties of each component are described in detail later on in this manual 1 3 5 Plot Viewer The Plot Viewer is GW Contour s GUI component where maps and data sets are displayed Each time a component is added to the Project Tree a new layer is added to the Plot Viewer superimposed on the previous layers About the Interface 13 14 Chapter 1 Introduction Working with GW Contour This chapter provides detailed information about the features settings and properties available for GW Contour projects 2 1 New Projects A GW Contour project is generated from discrete data sets collected over a geographical area This data is then interpolated across the project domain and visually represented using contour lines color maps velocity vectors and particle tracking Each project has basic information and settings described in the next section To begin the process of creating a new project click Project gt New from the Main Menu 2 1 1 Default project settings When creating a new GW Contour project you are prompted to enter default settings for a number of properties in the Default project settings window as shown in the following screenshot New Projects 15 Default project settings Ioj x Project name Projecti Project path c program files gwcontour Projects Bl Set path as default Author Description m Project Units Head m iti sSs s s SOO Hydr
23. selection the Property viewer will display the following parameters e Visible Show hide the velocity vectors e Interpolated results Allows you to change the average values entered for Conductivity and Porosity as well as providing a Read Only list of the settings used to create the Velocity vector overlay e Display settings Provides options to modify the velocity vectors e Show velocity vector s magnitude Select whether to scale the vector size proportional to magnitude or simply show the direction of the vector e Number per node Determine s the number of vectors drawn per node in the project domain e Scale factor Increasing the scale factor will stretch all vectors by the same factor 1 e a Scale factor of 2 will double the size of all vectors which can be useful if you have some very small vectors in your project e Colour Select the vector colour from the pull down colour palette e Liveupdate Allows you to apply changes immediately if selected or wait until the node is manually refreshed before changes are applied if it is not selected 36 Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Particle Tracking Options Visible Yes El Interpolated results Average conductivit 0 001 Average porosity 0 25 Heads Head Porosity Hydraulic conductivit El Display settings Max travel time 3650 Width 1 Forward MN 0 0 255 Backward MN 255 0 0 El Time markers Visible Yes Type regularEvery Interval 365 C
24. settings for the active node in the Project tree As you browse through the Project tree the options in the Property viewer will change to reflect the active node Properties Head data set Data set type HeadDiataset Raw data Collection Control points El Domain Minimum x Maximum x Minimum Maximum Display settings Marker z hal LI Display settings Project Options Clicking on the Project Name in the Project Tree will open the following list of parameters in the Property viewer window Expanding each parameter group by Working with your project 31 32 clicking on the sign beside the group name will list all the parameters in that group Clicking the sign beside the group name will collapse the list Property viewer El Project domain 2 min Oo A max 2000 Y min Oo Y max 2000 El Display settings Vertical exaggeration 1 l Color shading Color Rainbow Quality Low Zebra Mo Transparent Mo Transparency lev 50 El Contour map Line settings Label settings El velocity vectors Show magnitude Mo Number per node 1 Scale Factor 1 Color LC Aquamarine Particle tracking O Interpolation settings Inverse Distance kriging Natural Neighbor Project units Base map path D Program Files GWCont Interpolation settings The project s default interpolation settings The following parameters can be modified for the Project through the Property viewer by clicking in the parameter field and
25. the points you used to establish georeferencing The Map Region fields show the model attributes such as the origin the dimensions and the angle None of these parameters are editable except for the georeferencing points File Attributes Once the map georeferencing points are selected and the OK button has been clicked the File attributes window will appear as shown in the following figure It confirms the name of the source file being imported and the name of the map file being created for the GW Contour project Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Smenn tie namn EWMODNT Tubin teman Hj Hare r ike pl D echuppat New tema MAP Click the OK button and you will return to the Default project settings window where you can modify the Advanced Settings if required described below then click Finish in the Default project settings window to complete the creation of your project Advanced Settings Clicking on the Advanced Settings button in the Default project settings window will open the Advanced Settings window as shown in the following screenshot Advanced settings a x Enging method f Point per block and Y hi i Paints for block Min fi Enging type Estimative i Yariable Trend i Ordinary Angle one o Angle two o o 2 Nugget constant Nonstationary simple i Stationary simple Mean fo With external drift Drift types Radius T Linear drift in Min 100 TP Linear drift inv
26. units supported are meter m centimeter cm and feet ft e Hydraulic conductivity Represents the lateral conductivity of the aquifer 16 Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour New Projects Conductivity units supported are meters second m s centimeters second cm s meters day m day and feet day ft day Concentration Represents the amount of contaminant present Concentration units supported are milligrams liter mg l parts per million ppm parts per billion ppb milli equivalents liter meq 1 micrograms liter ug l and milligrams kilogram mg kg Time Represents linear time used for pathlines and time markers Time units supported are seconds sec days day and months month Coordinate Represents the length units for the project X and Y coordinates Coordinates units supported are the same as for Head Set units as default Checking this box will allow GW Contour to use the unit options as the defaults for new projects in the future Once these settings have been configured clicking the Next button will open the second Default project settings window as shown in the following figure Default project settings a 2 0 xj Base map working directory Default path D GWContour B aseMap Ey Project domain Use base map File name 1 f Provide project extents min o m maz 100 e min o m Y maz 100 Number of grid intervals Horizontal 50 Vertical 50 Number of parti
27. 10 SE N II a KKB The toolbar contains commonly accessed features For a short description of the function of a toolbar button move the mouse pointer over the icon without clicking either mouse button The toolbar buttons that appear beneath the menu bar are dynamic changing as you move from one window to another Some toolbar buttons are enabled only when certain windows are in view or in a certain context For example the Paste button is only enabled after the Copy command has been used The following tool buttons appear at the top of the GW Contour main window New button creates a new project al Open button opens an existing project a Save button saves the current project Chapter 1 Introduction Ge f E TA About the Interface Print button prints the contents of the Project Viewer window Properties button displays hides the Properties frame Tree viewer button displays hides the Project Tree frame Contour line button draws contour lines for the interpolated data Colour map button draws colour shading for the interpolated data Zoom in select button allows you to zoom in to a selected area defined by clicking and dragging the mouse to create a rectangular zoom area Zoom out button returns to the default plan view Zoom in click button allows you to dynamically zoom in towards a specific point on your project Zoom out previous zoom button allows you to dynamically zoom out away from a spe
28. Defines the minimum and maximum distance for determining the neighbourhood of points for interpolation For isotropic data the two radius values maximum and minimum are the same If the total number of points in the data is large gt 200 computation time for Kriging may be reduced by specifying a smaller radius for the search Variograms Allows the user to select the type of variogram that will be used Clicking the Variogram button will open the Variogram window as shown in the following screenshot Yariogram Detail aiaei Yanogram model Power Warogram 0 co Warogram Angle one 0 Angle two Warogram The c parameter i Warogramb Y arogramb Mas horizontal range i Vanogram Warlogram Min horizontal range i Wariograrn9 l Vertical range Ii coe Variogram model The model type being used Angles one and two Refer to the Sang and Sang2 parameters C parameter Controls the shape of the function Min and max horizontal rangers Refer to the Radius min and max parameters Vertical range Refers to the Radius Hvert parameter Note For more information on selecting and modifying interpolation parameters please see Geostatistical Software Library and User s Guide Second Edition by C Deutsch and A Journet Oxford University Press 1998 New Projects 23 24 Inverse Distance Advanced settings do E x Number of neighbors hi 0 Number of neighbours Number of nearest data
29. E 05 im 7 O7COERC A Cancel You can edit any data point Value in this window then select OK to finish 52 Chapter 3 Interpolated Results 3 3 Interpolated Data Set Properties GW Contour provides a number of settings that can be used to customize the display of Interpolated Results in the Project viewer By right clicking on a Data set in the Project tree the following options can be displayed as shown in the figure Edit Rename Delete Interpolate Create velocity vector Ctr F7 Create particle tracking Ctrl F4 Interpolation settings aw Contour lines Color shading e Edit Edit the interpolated values in tabular form e Rename Change the name of the Interpolated Results data set as it appears in the Project tree e Delete Remove the interpolated data set e Interpolate Re run the interpolate process to update the results if you have modified your input data or interpolation settings e Create velocity vector Calculate velocity vectors for your project domain based on the selected Interpolated results Please see Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking for details on how to create Velocity vectors e Create particle tracking Calculate particle pathlines for your project domain based on the selected Interpolated results Please see Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking for details on how to create Particle pathlines e Interpolation settings Modify the Adv
30. GW Contour v 1 0 User s Manual 2D contour maps velocity vectors and particle pathlines 4814000 4514000 451 3000 4513000 4512000 534500 535500 536500 537500 12000 4514000 4513000 4512000 535500 536500 537500 534500 535500 536500 537500 Porosity MO A TAS 042 018 023 028 034 039 O44 O50 2008 Schlumberger Water Services 11 Preface Schlumberger Water Services SWS is a recognized leader in the development and application of innovative groundwater technologies in addition to offering expert services and professional training to meet the advancing technological requirements of today s groundwater and environmental professionals Waterloo Hydrogeologic Software WHS consists of a complete suite of environmental software applications engineered for data management and analysis modeling and simulation visualization and reporting WHS is currently developed by SWS and sold globally as a suite of desktop solutions For over 18 years our products and services have been used by firms regulatory agencies and educational institutions around the world We develop each product to maximize productivity and minimize the complexities associated with groundwater and environmental projects To date we have over 14 000 registered software installations in more than 85 countries Need more information If you would like to contact us with comments or suggestions you can reach us at Schlumberger
31. Please NOTE that these are the minimum requirements to install GW Contour If you intend to create and work with complex projects you will require a faster machine Pentium 4 recommended with more RAM 256 MB or more recommended and more free hard drive space 2 10 GB recommended Chapter 1 Introduction If you have any problems with your particular system configuration please make sure that you followed the installation instructions precisely see below under Installing GW Contour If the problem is still unresolved contact your hardware experts Finally if you are still having difficulties see the section in the Preface on How to Contact SWS Installing GW Contour GW Contour must be installed on your local hard disk to run Please read the section on hardware requirements at the beginning of this section to ensure that your system meets the requirements before performing the installation Note You can install GW Contour from your CD ROM or by downloading it from the SWS FTP site ftp ftp flowpath com Note Once the installation of GW Contour is completed there will be a number of files in the program folder plus several subfolders containing additional files Please do NOT delete any files or subfolders in the GW Contour program folder as all files are important to the function of the software If you are running the GW Contour software installation from your product CD click the Cl Install Now button to start the inst
32. W Contour supports several data file formats and works by interpolating discrete data sets and presenting the interpolation results as color shading and or contour maps Based on interpolation results of specific data settypes such as head porosity and hydraulic conductivity it also allows the creation of velocity vector maps and performs particle tracking simulations The tabs in the Navigation Frame provide the core navigational features as described below Contents The Contents tab displays the entries in the Table of Contents in the form of an expandable collapsible tree view Closed book icons represent Table of Contents entries that have subentries 6 Chapter 1 Introduction On Line Help Index The Index tab displays the entries from the Table of Contents You can scroll to find the index entry you want or you can type in the first few letters of the Keywords in the text box and the index will scroll automatically as you type Double click an index entry to display the corresponding Help topic Alternately you may select an index entry and then click the Display button to open the Help topic Search The Search tab is used to search the On Line Help documents for a word or phrase you are interested in Simply type the word or phrase to search for and then press Enter or click the Display button Favorites You can add frequently accessed Help topics to a personal list of favorites which is displ
33. Water Services 460 Phillip Street Suite 101 Waterloo Ontario CANADA N2L 5J2 Phone 1 519 746 1798 Fax 1 519 885 5262 General Inquiries sws info Oslb com Web www swstechnology com www water slb com Obtaining Technical Support To help us handle your technical support questions as quickly as possible please have the following information ready before you call or include it in a detailed technical support e mail e A complete description of the problem including a summary of key strokes and program event or a screen capture showing the error message where applicable e Product name and version number e Product serial number e Computer make and model number e Operating system and version number e Total free RAM e Number of free bytes on your hard disk e Software installation directory e Directory location for your current project files You may send us your questions via e mail fax or call one of our technical support specialists Please allow up to two business days for a response Technical support is available 8 00 am to 5 00 pm EST Monday to Friday excluding Canadian holidays Phone 1 519 746 1798 Fax 1 519 885 5262 E mail sws supportO slb com Training and Consulting Services Schlumberger Water Services offers numerous high quality training courses globally Our courses are designed to provide a rapid introduction to essential knowledge and skills and create a basis for further professiona
34. a being imported The data will be automatically converted to your project units during the import process By clicking in the Column fields data can be manually edited at this time Data Set Wizard aa JO xj Parameter Column 5 coordinate Column 1 Y coordinate Column 2 Value Column 3 m alum 1 Column 2 Column 3 Back Next gt gt Cancel Data Input 41 Once you have entered all required information click on the Next button to proceed to the Grid domain window As shown in the following screenshot you can define the Grid domain which can exclude data points if their coordinates are outside the domain you select by default the domain is set to the project domain Note If you have points in your data set that are outside of your project domain or outside of the Grid domain you select a warning message will be displayed prompting you to either continue or return to this screen and change your selec tions If you choose to Display data set locations with symbols you can click the Set marker button to pick the symbol fill colour and pen colour for the markers that will indicate each data point on your project domain You may also select the precision with which the data will be imported by setting the number of Decimals Data set wizard Grid domain definition E ioj x Grid domain mir o m Max 2000 m Y min o m Y max 2000 m TF Display data set locations with symbols Decimals a
35. allation process Install Now 1 From the Welcome screen click Next gt to continue to the User Information window as shown in the following screenshot 9 GW Contour Setup a JO xj User Information eae Schlumberger WATER SERVICES Enter the following information to personalize pour installation Full Marne User Organization Company Name Serial Number The settings for this application can be installed for the current user or for all users that share this computer ou must have administrator rights to install the settings for all users Install thie application for i Anyone who uses this computer Only for me shrini Wise Installation Wizard lt Back Cancel 2 The User Information window will prompt you to enter your name company name and serial number Use all UPPER CASE letters and hyphens for the serial number with no spaces between characters When all fields have been completed Installation 3 click Next gt Note If you have entered an incorrect or invalid serial number you will be prompted to go back and re enter your serial number Please verify the characters and be sure that you have used UPPER CASE letters and hyphens 3 From the Confirmation window click Next gt to proceed to the Destination Folder window as shown in the following screenshot ji GW Contour Setup E Of x Destination Folder A Schlumber er Select a folder where the application will be insta
36. anced settings for your Interpolated results Please see Advanced Settings on page 21 for details on modifying Advanced settings The interpolation settings can also be accessed by clicking Settings interpolation from the Main Menu e Plot type Allows you to display your Interpolated results data using a Contour map or Colour shading Options for modifying the Interpolated results data set are also presented in the Project viewer Please see Interpolated Result Options on page 35 for a description of the options available 3 4 Exporting Interpolation Results GW Contour allows the user to export Interpolated results to an external file that can be used in another program To export an Interpolated results data set click on Output gt Interpolated result gt Export to grid file from the Main Menu The Export interpolation results window will open and you can select the name type and folder used to save the file you are creating Interpolated Data Set Properties 53 54 Chapter 3 Interpolated Results Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking Once you have entered and interpolated a groundwater elevations data set you are ready to do some post processing and interpretation of the data With GW Contour you may create velocity vectors and or particle pathlines indicating direction velocity and travel time of groundwater flow for your site This chapter describes how to create velocity vectors and particle tracking maps
37. and the various settings and features available Velocity vectors are calculated based on Darcy s law For more details please refer to Applied Hydrogeology Third Edition C W Fetter Prentice Hall Inc 1994 4 1 Velocity Vectors 4 1 1 Settings Velocity vectors indicate the direction and velocity of groundwater flow throughout the site Velocity and orientation are represented as vectors plotted over the specified area To create a new velocity vector map Output gt Velocity Vectors gt New from the Main Menu The Velocity vector wizard will open as shown in the following figure Velocity Vectors 55 Interpolated results Ol x elocity vector Wizard Velocity vector name Select a head interpolated results Interpolated result Select a porosity interpolated results JW Use an average value 3 Select a conductivity interpolated results W Use an average value 3 m z Live update rea Enter a Velocity vector name for the vector map and define the necessary inputs The minimum data requirements for calculating Velocity Vectors are listed below e Heads From the combo box select a head interpolated results data set If one 1s not available return to the Input create a Heads data set then interpolate this data set Please see Chapter 3 Interpolated Results for a complete description on creating Interpolated results e Porosity From the combo box select a porosity in
38. aulic conductivity mrs Concentration ma o Time days tt t lt lt s sY Coordinate n Set units as default aee e Project Name The name of the project and the name of the GWC file created by GW Contour containing the project information e Project path The specified folder where the project file will be saved You can manually enter a project pathname if the path already exists or use the Set Path button E which also allows you to create a new folder Please Note SWS recommends that your project pathname does NOT contain spaces punctuation accented characters or other odd characters Additionally the pathname to your project files must be on your local hard disk Network paths are not recommended e Set path as default Checking this box will allow GW Contour to use the path as the default path for new projects in the future e Author An optional field which may contain the name of the project creator e Description An optional field which allows the user to enter brief descriptive information about the project such as its purpose client etc Project Units The project s units are usually based on the units of the field data that will be imported and interpolated Please Note Depending on the units selected conversions may take place during some calculations or data import to ensure consistency The project units include e Head Represents the height of the water table Head
39. ayed on the Favorites tab Once you have added a topic to your list of favorites you can access the topic by double clicking it Click Add to add the currently displayed topic to your favorites list Select a favorite and then click Remove to delete a topic from your favorites list The functionality of the main buttons displayed in the Toolbar are described below The Hide button hides the Navigation Frame so only the Toolbar and the EA Topic Frame are visible This allows more space on the screen to enlarge the Topic Frame for better viewing of the application The Show button displays all areas the Navigation Frame the Toolbar Show and the Topic Frame gt Clicking the Forward button displays the next Help topic in sequence Forward fe Clicking the Back button displays the previous Help topic in sequence Back A Clicking the Home button returns to the Introduction section Home The Print button prints the currently displayed Help topic Prin 1 2 Software Maintenance and Technical Support Your purchase of a new license of GW Contour includes 1 one year of free Maintenance Maintenance for your software consists of upgrades to new versions of your software updates to the current version and technical support via phone email or fax You have the option at any time to purchase a Maintenance Contract that extends your entitlement to free upgrades updates and technical support in one year increments A detailed summa
40. cific data set types such as head porosity and hydraulic conductivity it also allows the creation of velocity vector maps and performs particle tracking simulations GW Contour is oriented towards groundwater professionals site assessment remediation professionals geologists agriculturalists and other environmental professionals GW Contour can be used for evaluation of contaminated areas risk analysis of exposure routes wellhead protection area studies and many more fields of study GW Contour offers a number of additional features such as control points georeferenced base maps and graphical reports that make it easy to assess interpret and document your data 1 1 Main Features The following main features are available in GW Contour 1 1 1 Data Entry and Importing e Discrete data import Import discrete data in a variety of file formats ASCII TXT ESRI Points SHP MS Excel XLS MS Access MDB and Surfer GRD files e Control Points Allow users graphically add or load new data control points to the data set in order to adjust the interpolation results obtained e Discrete data interpolation Interpolation of discrete data sets in order to obtain continuous results that can be represented through color shading or contour line Main Features 1 1 1 2 Visualization maps Export of interpolation results Export of interpolation results to ASCH TXT or Surfer GRD files Georeferenced base maps Allows
41. cific point on your project Add contour at point button draws a contour line at a selected point on the project click the mouse button on the desired location of the contour line Draw particle tracking button adds particle pathlines to your project you must generate particle tracking data first Add single control point button allows you to manually add a data point for the selected data set to assist with interpolation of your project data click the mouse button on the desired location of the control point then enter the control point data 11 1 3 3 Project Tree 12 Add control points along a line button allows you to manually add a line of 10 data points for the selected data set to assist with interpolation of your project data click and drag the mouse button on the desired location of the line of control points then enter the control point data Delete selected control point button removes the selected data control point from your project click on a point to delete it Delete all control points button will delete all control points that have been added for the selected data set Add single particle button adds a particle at the selected location click your mouse at the desired location of the particle Add particles along a circle button adds a ring of particles at the selected location click and drag your mouse at the desired location of the particle ring to increase the diameter of the ring Add particl
42. cle points on line fi 0 Vertical exaggeration i Advanced settings lt lt Back Finish Cancel In the second Default project settings window you are prompted to enter default settings for a number of properties e Base map working directory The specified folder where the georeferenced map file will be saved You can manually enter a base map pathname if the path already exists or use the Set Path button Ex which also allows you to create a new folder Please Note that WHI recommends your base map pathname does NOT contain spaces punctuation accented characters or other odd characters Additionally the pathname to your base map file must be on your local hard disk Network paths are not recommended e Number of particle points on circle The number of particles that will be 17 18 assigned if a circle of particles is added Number of particle points on line The number of particles that will be assigned if a line of particles is added e Vertical exaggeration the ratio of Y to X axes in the project domain A setting of 0 will stretch the axes scale so that they fit in the Plot viewer window A setting of will be a 1 1 ratio where the scale is exactly proportional Project Domain and Base Map selection The project domain defines the lateral extents of your area of study The X and Y coordinates can be entered manually by selecting the Provide project extents option and entering a
43. d Report Editor Applications include designing landfill profiles predicting leachate mounding and evaluating potential leachate seepage to the groundwater Visual PEST ASP Visual PEST ASP combines the powerful parameter estimation capabilities of PEST ASP with the graphical processing and display features of WinPEST Visual PEST ASP can be used to assist in data interpretation model calibration and predictive analysis by optimizing model parameters to fit a set of observations This popular estimation package achieves model independence through its capacity to communicate with a model through its input and output files Visual Groundwater Visual Groundwater is a visualization software package that delivers high quality three dimensional representations of subsurface characterization data and groundwater modeling results Combining graphical tools for three dimensional visualization and animation Visual Groundwater also features a data management system specifically designed for borehole investigation data The graphical display features allow the user to display site maps discrete data contours isosurfaces and cross sectional views of the data vil Groundwater Instrumentation Diver NETZ Diver NETZ is an all inclusive groundwater monitoring network system that integrates high quality field instrumentation with the industries latest communications and data management technologies All of the Diver NETZ components are designed to o
44. d return to the text window Click OK to close the text box e Use your mouse to position the text box at the desired location then click and Creating Report Templates 75 76 drag to re size or re position the text box To modify the contents of an existing text box double click on the text or right click on the text box and select Edit Text Adding an Image With the GW Contour Report Maker you may add an external image for example your company logo from a file in one of the supported formats BMP GIF PNG or JPG e Click on Image gt Add Picture from file from the preview window Main Menu e In the Open window that appears locate the desired image file then click Open Use your mouse to position the image at the desired location then click and drag to re size or re position the image An example of the appearance of an image on a template is shown in the following screenshot Feel free to experiment with the features of the Template Designer to develop templates that suit your particular needs To save your report as a template for re use in the future click Template gt Save from the preview window Main Menu The template will be saved in the Templates subfolder of your GW Contour installation directory the default pathname 1s WProgram FileiGW Contour Templates The template will now appear in the list of available templates and can be selected when you choose to create a report C
45. defined Y Min Y Max The vertical boundaries of the interpolated area By default these numbers are set to the vertical extents of the project domain Number of grid intervals The number of nodes in the Horizontal and Vertical directions for interpolation A higher number will create a finer interpolation but will also result in longer interpolation times Min value Max value Use these as cut off values if you want to clip the map at the Min or Max value These values must be between the data Min and Max Use log interpolation This option will interpolate the log values of the data points and then invert the log value distribution This option is commonly used for interpolating data with a high degree of variance such as hydraulic conductivity Live update Allows changes to occur immediately when made Advanced settings Clicking the Advanced settings button will open the Chapter 3 Interpolated Results Advanced settings window as described in Advanced Settings on page 21 Please note that in this case only the selected Interpolation method advanced settings will be shown The Bilinear Interpolation method does not have any advanced settings Click the OK button to proceed to the Display Settings window as shown in the following screenshot Interpolated results settings Display settings E es aj xj f Contour lines Intervals Lines Contour interval 0 253 Color palette Rainbow i f Number of
46. e in percent The lower the value the more opaque the color shading overlay will be e Contour map Provides options to modify contour map parameters Change the Colour of contour lines using the pull down menu Change the Colour palette of graded contour lines using the pull down menu Show hide contour labels using the Visible option Change the Colour and Font of labels Change the Number of decimal points displayed in contour labels e Velocity vectors Provides options to modify velocity vector parameters Select whether to Show the magnitude or simply the direction of the vectors Select the Number of vectors drawn per node Determine the Scale factor for vectors Change the Colour of vectors e Particle tracking Provides options to modify velocity vector parameters Change the Maximum travel time for particles Change the Width of particle pathlines Determine the colour of Forward and Backward tracking pathlines Show Hide time markers using the Visible option Determine the Type of time markers that are drawn Determine the time Interval that time markers are drawn Enter custom time marker Values if the Custom option was selected for the marker Type e Interpolation Settings Provides options to modify the settings for each Interpolation method Please see Advanced Settings on page 21 fora description of the Interpolation method settings e Project Units Provides a Read Only list of the units o
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48. e particles e From the main menu select Output gt Particle tracking gt Particles gt Add single or click on the gf Add single particle button e Using your mouse left click once at the desired particle location e Select the tracking direction for the particles Forward or Backward To animate these particles skip ahead to Animating Particles on page 64 Circle A circle of backward tracking particles is often assigned around a pumping well in order to determine the capture zone for that well To add a circle of particles e From the Main Menu select Output gt Particle tracking gt Particles gt Add along a circle or click on the Add particles along a circle button in the Toolbar e Using your mouse click and drag the cursor to locate the ring and increase the radius of the circle e Once you have assigned your circle of particles select the tracking direction for the particles Forward or Backward To animate these particles skip ahead to Animating Particles on page 64 Line A line of particles is useful for property boundaries to determine from where groundwater is originating or to where it is travelling Particle Tracking Maps 63 To add a line of particles e From the Main Menu select Output gt Particle tracking gt Particles gt Add along a line or click on the Add particles along a line button in the Toolbar e Using your mouse click and drag to anchor the desired starting point of t
49. e properties of this shape e Click on Image gt Shape Configuration from the Main Menu and the Format window will appear as shown in the following screenshot Chapter 5 Reports Fl Format Window E x Fill Color oe Semi transparent Line Color pe Weight fi Default for new shapes You can modify the Colour of the Line and the box shading Fill by clicking on the Colour box and selecting from the palette window that opens Leaving the semi transparent checkbox unchecked will result in an opaque shading fill The Weight of the line determines the thickness of the box outline Once a shape has been added to the report you may select it then re position or re size it using your mouse to click and drag the box sides Add Text Labels You can add fixed text Labels that are hardcoded into the template If a text label is added to a template the label will always be displayed in a report using the template You may want to use text labels to provide your company details or a header or footer or to add universal comments to the report template To add text labels e Click on Image Text Tool from the Main Menu A text box will appear as shown in the following figure Format Enter text here e Enter the desired text into the box provided e To modify the text font size and style click on Format Font in the text window Once you have made the required font changes click OK to apply the changes an
50. e tracking node in the Project Tree and select Settings or select Settings gt Particle tracking from the Main Menu and the Edit path line settings window will appear Edit path line settings E a o xj General Mas travel time f 00 0 daps Line width n Path line color Forward Ey Backward M LiveUpdate Time marker e Visible Frequency f Even Custom e You can also modify the Particle tracking properties under the Property Viewer as shown in the following screenshot Select a Particle tracking node from the tree view then modify the necessary settings Visible Yes Al Interpolated results Average conductivit 0 001 Average porosity 0 25 Heads Head Porosity Hydraulic conductivit El Display settings Max travel time 3650 Width 1 Forward MN 0 0 255 Backward MN 255 0 0 El Time markers Visible Yes Type regularEvery Interval 365 Customized value System Single Live update Yes If you selected Use Average Values for either the Conductivity or Porosity you may modify these values here The changes will only take effect after you Re run the Particle Simulation as explained in Animating Particles on page 64 66 Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking Reports The Report Editor included with GW Contour is used to create professional reports containing the 2D views you have generated for your projects This chapter presents information on how to create edit and save reports
51. e where the report is being saved 2 2 4 Plot viewer The Plot viewer displays the information contained in each sub node of the Project tree By clicking on a sub node in the Project tree you can make that node active which moves it to the top of the overlays being displayed on the Plot viewer If you find that some of the information you are trying to display is being masked by another overlay simply click on the overlay of interest in the Project tree to bring it to the foreground The Plot viewer window also displays legends for visible overlays if the Legend option has been checked for the sub node You can turn a legend on off by clicking on a sub node in the Project tree then clicking View gt Legend from the Main Menu Legends in the Plot viewer can be repositioned by clicking and dragging the legend to a new position in the Plot viewer MA Head Data i 0 500 1000 Heads interpolated mi 21 11 23 67 2662 2930 3213 3459 37 64 40 40 2 3 Data Input 38 Once you have created a new project or re opened an existing project you can add edit remove Base maps and Data sets from the project as described in the following sections Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour 2 3 1 Base Maps When a project is first created a Base map can be added However one or more Base maps can also be added to an existing project If a Base map exists in your project it will appear as a sub node in the Project tree and shown
52. ect a folder location and file name to save the Control point X coordinates Y coordinates and values An exported file can be re imported into a data set at a later date by following the Importing Control Points procedure described previously Saving Control Points As mentioned in the previous paragraph Control points can be saved to a data set so that the user does not need to add them again next time the project is opened To save Control points to a selected data set click Input gt Data Set gt Control Points gt Save to project A confirmation message will appear and the Control points will become part of the data set Data Input 47 48 Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Interpolated Results Interpolation is used to estimate values across a larger area using known values from a discrete set of data points In GW Contour several interpolation methods are available to process your particular data in the most effective way possible The Interpolated Results can be displayed on the Project viewer using contour lines or colour shading Contour line and colour shading maps allow users to visualize and analyze variation of head porosity hydraulic conductivity or concentration of a species over a geographic area within the project domain 3 1 Creating New Interpolations In order to create an Interpolated Result at least one data set must already exist To start the Interpolation process you can either right click on the data
53. either typing in a new value or using the pull down menu that will appear as shown in the example below Color palette e Project domain Provides options to modify the X and Y extents of the project By entering a new value for the X and Y minimum and maximum coordinates the project domain can be changed e Display settings Provides options to modify the overlays in the Plot viewer window e Vertical Exaggeration The ratio of Y to X axes in the project domain A setting of O will stretch the axes scale so that they fit in the Plot viewer window A setting of will be a 1 1 ratio where the scale is exactly proportional e Colour shading Provides options to modify colour shading parameters Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Select between a rainbow or monochromatic colour scale by clicking in the Colour palette option then using the pull down menu to make your selection Change the Quality of the colour shading Higher resolution will improve the transition between colours but will also increase refresh times Switch to Zebra shading If checked colours do not grade smoothly from one to the next Instead transitional colours between the major colour shades are removed resulting in one colour on the Plot viewer represent ing a range of values Set the colour shading to Transparent which will allow contour lines base maps pathlines and other layers to be seen at the same time Type in the Transparency valu
54. es along a line button adds a line of particles at the selected location click and drag your mouse at the desired location of the particle line Delete selected particle button removes the selected particle click on a particle to delete it Delete all particles button removes all particles from the project Add base map button allows you to add a base map to your project The Project Tree is GW Contour s graphical interface component that contains all data components The data components are organized in nodes and sub nodes under the project node the root node Under the root node there are six nodes corresponding to each data component supported by the tool When a new data set interpolated result etc 1s created a new sub node corresponding to the new component is added under the related node Nodes can be expanded collapsed to either view or hide their contents Chapter 1 Introduction Check boxes beside sub nodes determine whether the components are displayed in the Plot Viewer Right clicking on a node will present a pop up menu containing specific settings for that component 1 3 4 Property Viewer The Property Viewer is GW Contour s graphical interface component displaying properties for each data component in the project When a node is selected in the Project Tree its properties are displayed in the Property Viewer The individual properties vary from one component to another and individual properties may or may
55. eturn to this screen and change your selections If you choose to Display data set locations with symbols you can click the Set marker button to pick the symbol fill colour and pen colour for the markers that will indicate each data point on your project domain Once you have entered all required information click on the Finish button to complete the import process Your data points will be added to your project and a Data set will be added to the Data set node of the project tree 2 3 5 Control Points 44 The Control Points feature of GW Contour allows users to adjust the results of interpolations by adding control points to a data set at specific coordinates inside the grid domain Users can interpolate a data set and view the output in GW Contour then add Control Points and re interpolate the data to view the changes It is important to note that unless Control points are Saved or Exported they are only temporarily added to the project and will be removed when the project is closed Information about saving and exporting Control points is included in this section Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Adding Control Points To add Control Points to an existing data set you can either right click on the data set sub node in the Project tree and select Control Points or click on Input gt Data Set gt Control Points from the Main Menu Alternately you can use the toolbar buttons tE when the sub node has been selected in the P
56. f measurement in the project e Base map path Allows the user to specify the default Base map folder where the georeferenced image file is saved Working with your project 33 34 Base Map Options Base map path D GWContour BaseMar When a sub node is selected making it the active selection the Property viewer will display the following parameters e Base map path Allows the user to specify the default Base map folder where the georeferenced image file is saved Data Set Options Property viewer El Data Data set type HeadDataset Data set values Collection Control points E Comain 2 min 1 A max 2000 Y min 1 Y max 2000 El Display settings El Marker Visible Mo Size 4 Style mrkRetangle Fill color MN Blue Pen color MN Red Visible Yes Size 1 25 Alignment RightBottom Decimals d When a sub node is selected making it the active selection the Property viewer will display the following parameters e Data Provides options to edit the data set e Data set type a read only field indicating the type of information contained in the data set e Data set values Provides a link to edit the values in the current data set e Control points Provides a link to edit the values of control points for the current data set e Domain Provides options to modify the X and Y extents of the project By entering a new value for the X and Y minimum and maximum coordinates the project domain can be changed
57. g on the Report node in the Project tree and selecting New or clicking Output gt Report gt New from the Main Menu The Template Designer may be launched from GW Contour by either right clicking on the Report node in the Project tree and selecting Template or clicking Output gt Report gt Template from the Main Menu In either case the preview window will be displayed similar to the following figure S Report1 wrm Report Maker E oix Report Edit Page Image Help EPH a jo the E F waterloo A ERG hydrogeologic alo Report Template m e Al al A ul The Report Maker Template Designer window contains the following items e Main Toolbar provides multiple buttons controlling the reports e Side Toolbar provides multiple buttons for the tools used to design the report e Main Menu bar provides access to most of the features in the Report Editor e Layout window provides the interface for designing the report 5 1 1 Main Toolbar The following options are available from the Main Toolbar E New Report Create a new report al Open Report Open an existing report Ea Save Report Save the changes made to the report 68 Chapter 5 Reports a Save Report As Save a copy of the report 5 Print Report Print the current report pu Zoom In Increase view magnification by 25 Max zoom 400 N Zoom Out Decrease view magnification by 25 Min zoom 25 50 Magnif
58. ge exports the report to an image file Supported formats include BMP JPG TIF GIF EMF and PNG Close the current report Exit the Report Maker and return to GW Contour main window The Edit menu provides common Windows clipboard tools for editing the report template currently in view Options under the Edit menu allow users to Page Copy Copy the selected item to the windows clipboard Cut Cuts the selected object to clipboard Paste Pastes the clipboard item onto the current layer Delete Delete the selected item Select All Select all objects on the report The Page menu contains menu items for controlling the report template layout Options available under this menu allow users to 70 Add Page The new page will appear as a new tab at the bottom of the Report Maker below the Page Layout window Remove Page Remove the selected page from the report Rename Page A small dialog will appear as shown below allowing you to enter a unique name for each selected page Type the new name Page COWET OF Cancel Page Configuration Loads a standard Windows Page Setup dialog as shown in the following screenshot Chapter 3 Reports Source Automatically Select E Margins inches Lett ii Bight li Top i Bottom hi Cancel Printer In this dialog you may modify the Paper Size Source page Orientation and Margins i Portrait i Landscape e Change Template
59. h the installation jig GW Contour Setup S Ioj xi Select Features em Schlumberger WATER SERVICES Please select which features you would like to install Complete E Microsoft Data Access Compare Feature Description This feature will be ingtalled on the local hard drive lAs feature requires d ME on pour hard dre Current location z C Program Files Gm Contour o Browse Wise Installation Wizard Disk Cost Rezet lt Back Cancel 6 From the Ready to Install window click Next gt to start the installation of files An Updating System window will appear with a progress bar and the Successfully Installed window will appear with the installation process is complete Click the Finish button to close the installation wizard Note Before starting GW Contour please ensure that you have Microsoft NET framework version 1 1 or newer installed on your computer by click ing on Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Add Remove Programs If this compo nent is not listed you may download it for free from the windowsupdate microsoft com website Starting GW Contour Once GW Contour has been installed on your computer simply double click on the GW Contour shortcut icon or click on Start Programs SWS Software GW Contour GW Contour Un installing GW Contour To uninstall GW Contour please follow the steps below e Make sure the GW Contour program is closed e From your Windows operating system
60. hapter 3 Reports 5 2 1 Modifying Layer Orders As you design your report or report template you increase the number of layers and it may become difficult to select and modify layers that are on top of or beneath other layers With the Report Maker you can modify the order of layer as described below e Right click on any layer 1 e a text box shape image etc in the report e From the pop up menu that appears select an appropriate Order option as shown in the following screenshot Waterloo Hydrogeologic 460 Phillip Street Waterloo Ontario info waterloohydrogeologic com Cut Copy Paste Order Bring to Front Send to Back Bring Forward Font Send Backward Edit text Properties Bring to Front Move the selected layer on top of all other layers e Sent to Back Move the selected layer below all other layers Bring Forward Move the selected layer up one level e Send Backward Move the selected layer down one level Creating Report Templates 1 78 Chapter 5 Reports A Add point at 51 Advanced Settings 21 B Base map configuration 17 Base Map Options 34 Base Maps 39 C Colour Shading Options 52 Column match 41 Concentration 40 Contour Map Options 51 Control Points 44 Copy and Paste 40 D Data Set Options 34 Data Sets 39 Default project settings 15 G Georeference Points 19 H Heads 40 Hydraulic conductivity 40 Import Data 42 Interpolated
61. he line orient the line and stretch out the line of particles e Select the tracking direction for the particles Forward or Backward To animate these particles please see Animating Particles on page 64 4 1 3 Animating Particles Once particles have been added to your project you may then calculate animate the pathlines and display time markers If you have not yet added particles refer to the section Adding Particles on page 63 To animate your particles e From the Main Menu select Output gt Particle tracking gt Run Simulation or click on the 7 Draw particle tracking button in the Toolbar Alternately you can right click on a Particle tracking node in the tree view and select Run Simulation A progress dialog will appear indicating the pathline calculations are in progress 60 calculating angle of wector1 13 1 Once this is complete the particle tracking map will appear similar to the following screenshot 64 Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking D GWContour_Beta SampleFiles ProjectFiles Airport qwc GW Contour fe Af Ioj x Project View Input Output Settings Help 6 xj IEEE LEAN AEREA Tree viewer DR x E Data seti Y Base map Wv site_map Data set Head v Data setl Y Interpolated results v Head Velocity vector Velocity vector1 v Particle tracking v Particle tracking1 Report Pro
62. ication Increase or decrease the overall size of the report page in the preview window 5 1 2 Side Toolbar The following options are available from the Side Toolbar Pointer _ gt i a Clipboard Text tool A lt Line Rectangle gt O Ellipse Filled Rectangle gt HE t Filled Ellipse Outlined Rectangle gt Outlined Ellipse Triangle gt A Al i Filled Triangle Outlined Triangle gt A He Add image Default Line Color A Default Fill Color For more details on using these tools see Image Side Toolbar on page 72 5 1 3 Main Menu Bar The Main Menu bar contains all features of the Report Editor logically organized into five menu options Report Edit Page Image and Help NOTE If you load the preview window in Template Designer mode i e for creat ing new templates or modifying existing templates the first menu item will be named Template instead of Report Report Template The Report Template menu contains menu items for managing reports and the Report Maker itself Options under the Report Template menu allow users to e Create New Reports About the Interface 69 Edit Open Reports only files with the extension WRM TPL may be opened Print Reports Save Reports as a WRM TPL file Create a copy of an existing report using the Save as feature Export to Ima
63. in slower refresh rates e Zebra If checked colours do not grade smoothly from one to the next Instead transitional colours between the major colour shades are removed resulting in one colour on the Plot viewer representing a range of values e Transparency Allow contour lines base maps pathlines and other layers to be seen at the same time as the colour shading is displayed The default transparency is 50 however it can be increased or decreased as desired When you have finished setting all display options click the OK button to interpolate the data set and create the Interpolated Results A sub node corresponding to the interpolated result is added to the Project tree and the Interpolated results overlay is added to the Project viewer Els Test Project E e Base map hed Aerial photo Er Data set 4 Head Data ef Conductivity qe lw TCE Interpolated results o Heads interpolated cof TCE Interpolated 3 2 Editing Interpolated Data To manually edit the Interpolated Results you can either right click on the data set sub node in the Project tree and select Edit or click on Output gt Interpolated result gt Edit from the Main Menu In either case the Edit data window will open as shown in the following figure Y coordinate m Value mal e 40 0 40 4 25364 E 06 40 1 66386 05 40 3 49056 05 40 5 49992E 05 40 7 21267E 05 40 8 19744E 05 40 8 17581E 05 40 7 10261E 05 40 5 20819
64. ine color Forward Backward a Time marker e Visible Frequency ie Eyen i Custom Back Frin Cancel In this dialog there are several display options available for customizing the pathlines and time markers Under the General frame specify e Max travel time for the pathlines e The Line width for the pathlines e A Pathline color for Forward and Backward pathlines Under the Time Marker frame specify e Whether or not the time markers are Visible e Frequency e Specify an interval for time markers Every days OR e Define Custom time marker intervals Use the button to add a time interval Use the 3 button to remove the selected time interval Use the button to edit the selected time interval 62 Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking Click Finish to create the particle tracking map A new node is created under the Project tree s Particle Tracking node and a new layer is added in the Plot viewer Note Now that you have added a Particle tracking node to your project you must assign particles in your project domain then animate these particles to see the results of the particle tracking simulation This is explained below 4 1 2 Adding Particles GW Contour provides several options for adding particles to your project domain Single Single particles are useful for point source contamination or for placing particles at random locations on your site To add singl
65. intervals fro Labels e Visible Font Decimals 2 a Line interval Color Shading Color Palette Rainbow E Min hax Quality F Zebra an High F Transparency po Back Frin Cancel The Display Settings window allows you to select between a Contour map and Colour shading for your output and allows you to set the parameter for each option Contour Map Options e Intervals Allows you to choose between a specific Contour interval or select a Number of intervals evenly spaced between the highest and lowest value e Lines Allows you to select a Color palette for the contour lines e Labels Allows you to show hide labels using the Visible checkbox and specify the label Font the number of Decimal places in the label and the Interval between contour lines 1 e an interval of 2 means that only every second contour line will be labeled Note Once the interpolated results contour map has been created you can manu ally add a contour line at any point in the Project viewer by selecting the Out put gt Interpolated Result gt Add point at option then clicking on the project viewer at the desired location of the contour line s Creating New Interpolations 51 Colour Shading Options e Colour Palette Allows you to select the colour to be used for shading e Quality Specifying a higher quality will result in a smoother gradation between shades of the colour palette but may result
66. ity Ext y E Head Ext My Recent E HeadwWithCommas txt CIO HeadwithDots txt E E Porosity txt El ControlPoimts Ext Desktop Documents Computer gt Network File name ContralPoints tt Files of type Text files txt Cancel 2 Select the TXT file containing your Control points it must contain X Y and Data columns and then click Open An Edit data window will then open allowing you to review and edit the X coordinates Y coordinates and data values being imported Once you have reviewed the data click OK and the Control points will be added to your data set and displayed on the Plot Viewer if the data set Markers are set to visible Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Editing Control Points Control point data can also be edited after being added to a data set Click Input gt Data Set gt Control Points gt Edit In the Edit data window that appears the X coordinate Y coordinate and Value can be edited for any Control point in the data set When you have finished making changes click the OK button to save your changes Y coordinate m Exporting Control Points Control points added to a data set are temporary and will be removed from a project when the project is closed unless they are explicitly saved to the data set or exported to a text file To Export control points from a selected data set click Input gt Data Set gt Control Points gt Export then sel
67. k Frin Cancel Define the required inputs as follows e Proportional to Magnitude Checking this option will size and scale the vectors according to their calculated magnitude e Number per Node Define the number of vectors per grid node e Scale Factor This option will scale the vectors according to their size Scale factor is used to set the length of the velocity vector corresponding to the highest flow velocity This value may need to be increased in order to see the lower range of velocity vectors e Color Select a display colour for the vectors Once you are done click Finish to create the map A progress dialog will appear indicating the calculations are in progress 60 calculating angle of wector1 13 1 Once this is complete the Velocity Vectors map should appear as shown in the following screenshot Velocity Vectors 57 Oe Prep aes bes GYAL eo Server ied cep er B3 protect yee put gipit Settings bel LY Canile ACIE EE CITE Heia AAA AA A A A new node is created under the Project tree s Velocity vector node and a new layer containing the resulting velocity vectors added to the Plot viewer 4 1 2 Editing Vector maps Once the vector map has been created you may modify the settings in several ways 1 Right mouse click on the Vector node in the Tree View and select Settings or select Settings gt Velocity Vectors from the Main Menu and the following dialog will appear
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69. lled WATER SERV ge e The Wise Installation Wizard will install the files for G4 Contour in the following folder To install into a different folder click the Browse button and select another folder ou can choose not to install GW Contour by clicking Cancel to exit the Wise Installation Wizard Destination Folder C Program Files Contornr Browse Wise Installation Wizard lt Back Cancel 4 Select the Destination Folder on your computer where you want to install your software The default destination folder is c program files program name Alternately you may click the Browse button to select a different folder Please remember that you must install the software on your local hard drive Click Next gt when you have chosen the appropriate directory Note SWS recommends that you select a pathname that does NOT contain multi ple spaces punctuation accented characters or other odd characters The same guidelines apply for project names 5 From the Select Features window shown in the following screenshot you can choose to install all components or select the components to install If your selected installation directory does not have enough free space you have the option to Browse to another folder GW Contour requires MDAC version 2 6 or later to run If you already have a compatible version of MDAC installed you Chapter 1 Introduction can deselect this component Click Next gt to continue wit
70. lled or Filled and Outlined Triangle Outlined Filled or Filled and Outlined Add picture from file Add a graphic image to the report template Supported file formats are JPG BMP GIF and PNG Default Line Fill Colour Clicking on the colour box allows you to change the colour that will be used for either a line or for the shading or an object Shape configuration When you select this item the following dialog will appear Chapter 5 Reports FormatWindow a d x Fill Color Ni Semi transparent Line Color pe Wi eight f Default for new shapes OF Cancel You can modify the Colour of the Line and the shading Fill by clicking on the Colour box and selecting from the palette window that opens Leaving the semi transparent checkbox unchecked will result in an opaque shading fill The Weight of the line determines the thickness of the outline Checking the Default for new shapes button will configure GW Contour to use these settings when shapes are created in the future Once a shape has been added to the report you may select it then re position or re size it using your mouse to click and drag the box sides Help The Help menu provides a link to the GW Contour on line help with helpful hints on how to use the Report Editor 5 2 Creating Report Templates The following section describes the features of the Report Template Designer and how it can be used to build and customize your own
71. ls used for the Data Sets refer to hydrogeological applica tions GW Contour can work with any type of data For example ground surface elevations are based on units of height and so they can be imported under the Head data set type or under the General data set type e Heads The technical definition of Hydraulic Head is the height above a reference plane for example sea level that a column of water can be supported by the hydraulic pressure in a ground water system at a given point For the purposes of GW Contour Head data sets refer to elevation data measured at X and Y locations e Hydraulic conductivity Hydraulic conductivity represents the ease of water movement through a porous media measured in distance vs time Hydraulic conductivity values are always gt 0 e Porosity Effective Porosity ne is the ratio between drainable pore volume and the total volume of soil sample It can also be stated as the ratio of the total volume of voids available for fluid transmission to the total volume of the porous medium Porosity values are always 0 lt ne lt 1 e Concentration Represents the concentration or amount of any element or substance measured Concentration values must be gt 0 e General For all other types of data sets The unit can be specified by the user and can have any value GW Contour contains flexible options for the creation and modification of data sets You may import from numerous file f
72. mation management system for managing groundwater and environmental data Hydro GeoAnalyst combines numerous pre and post processing components into a single program Components include Project Wizard Universal Data Transfer System Template Manager Materials Specification Editor Query Builder QA QC Reporter Map Manager Cross Section Editor HGA 3D Explorer Borehole Log Plotter and Report Editor The seamless integration of these tools provide the means for compiling and normalizing field data analyzing and reporting subsurface data mapping and assessing spatial information and reporting site data Hydro GeoBase Hydro GeoBase is an information management system for managing groundwater and environmental data Additionally Hydro GeoBase can be used as a platform to integrate other applications within the SWS product suite including Hydro GeoAnalyst AquiferTest and AquaChem Components include Project Wizard Universal Data Transfer System Materials Specification Editor Query Builder QA QC Reporter and Report Editor The seamless integration of these tools provide the means for compiling and normalizing field data analyzing and reporting subsurface data and reporting site data Hydro GeoLogger Hydro GeoLogger is Hydro GeoBase integrated with a borehole logging tool that allows you to collect manage and analyze your groundwater and environmental data Components include Project Wizard Universal Data Transfer System Materials S
73. new report without using a template e Open Open the selected report file from the project You must click on the report to be opened in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the open operation e Remove Delete the selected report from the project You must click on the report to be deleted in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the delete operation Template Provides options to create a New template Open an existing template or Remove an existing template e Copy to clipboard Copy the Plot viewer image to the Windows clipboard e Export to image file Export the Plot viewer image to a graphics file Help Menu The Help item in the Main Menu has the following options e Contents Displays the GW Contour On Line Help please see On Line Help on page 6 for a complete description of the On Line Help features e About provides version information 2 2 2 Project Tree The Project Tree contains all of the data components of the project and allows the data components to be modified using the menu items that appear in the Main Menu Er e Base map hed Base map Airport El fw Data set 4 Head data set El W Interpolated result e Head Interpolated aereos Velocity vector Er e Particles tracking he 1000 day pathlines E a Report ean Saved_report By right clicking on a node in the Project tree the list of available options will appear e Right clicking on a project
74. node Base map Input Interpolated result 30 Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Velocity vector Particle tracking allows you to create a New entry e Right clicking on the Report node allows you to create a New report or create open or remove a template e Right clicking on a sub node lists options that pertain to the particular data set e Right clicking on a Base map allows you to Rename or Remove the base map e Right clicking on a Data set allows you to manually Edit the data in the data set Rename or Remove the data set add or delete Control Points to the data or create Interpolated results from the data set e Right clicking on an Interpolated results data set allows you to manually Edit the data in the data set Rename or Remove the data set re Interpolate the data set after making changes create a Velocity vector or Particle tracking overlay or change the Plot type from Contour map to Colour shading e Right clicking on a velocity vector data set allows you to Rename or Remove the data set Show the velocity vectors change the Settings for the vectors and change the Interpolation settings e Right clicking on a Particle tracking data set allows you to Rename or Remove the data set add or delete particles Run the particle tracking simulation and change the Settings for the vectors e Right clicking on a Report allows you to Open Rename or Remove the report 2 2 3 Property Viewer The Property viewer contains
75. ock When Block Kriging is selected the minimum and maximum number of points must be entered Kriging type Ordinary Should be chosen if the mean is not constant throughout the project domain and needs to be recalculated depending on the location For most situations Ordinary Kriging is the most common option Nonstationary simple Should be chosen if the SK mean is not constant and has to be read from an external file Stationary simple with SK mean Should be chosen if the mean value is known and is constant throughout the project domain The Mean field allows you to enter the value With external drift This option should be selected when only the trend component needs to be estimated and not the residual component where the variable is assumed to be the sum of the trend and the residual component This option is also referred to as Universal Kriging Drift Types These options are only required when External drift has been selected Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Estimative Allows the user to select whether the Variable or the Trend will be estimated Angle one Defines the search ellipsoid for situations in which anisotropy is present in the data Angle two Defines the search ellipsoid for situations in which isotropy is present in the data Nugget constant Quantifies the sampling and assaying errors in the data In a Variogram plot the nugget constant is the y intercept value Min and max Radius
76. on to return to the Default project settings window When all data has been entered click the Finish button to complete the creation of your project New Projects 25 2 2 Working with your project Once your project has been created or you have reopened an existing project by clicking Project gt Open or Project gt Recent Projects the Data Entry window will open as shown in the following screenshot C GW Contour Test _Project quic GW Contour ES Project View Input Output Settings Help CEE LUNA oo Projects El Base map oe Base mapDefault A Data set a Interpolated results i A velocity vector i as Particle tracking Property viewer E Project domain min O 4 max 1000 Y min O Y max 1000 Display settings Interpolation se Project units Base map path D GWContour Base Project domain Upper and lower bounds common to all maps plotted in the project The Data Entry window is divided into several main components as described in the following sections 2 2 1 Main Menu Ea Project View Input Output Settings Help The Main Menu contains the main features of GW Contour e Project Contains menu items for creating projects opening projects saving projects closing projects and exiting the system A list of the most recent projects opened in GW Contour is also provided e View Contains menu items to show hide the Project Tree the Property Viewer and the project legend as well as zoom controls
77. or modifying the interpolated data set overlay on the Plot viewer e Plot type Allows you to select between Colour shading and Contour lines plot types e Plot settings Provides options for modifying the plot output Please see Colour shading and Contour lines on page 32 for a detailed description of the options available the options displayed will depend on the selection made in the Plot type field Decimals Allows the user to change the number of decimal places displayed in data labels also listed under the Plot Settings e Interpolation Settings Lists both the Common and Specific Advanced settings that have been used to create the interpolated data set If Liveupdate is not turned on you will need to manually re interpolate the data set for your changes to take effect Please refer to Advanced Settings on page 21 for more information about the advanced settings for each method e Liveupdate Allows you to apply changes immediately if selected or wait Working with your project 33 until the node is manually refreshed before changes are applied if it is not selected Velocity Vector Options Visible El Interpolated results Average conductivit 0 0002 Average porosity 0 3 Heads Head Porosity Mo Hydraulic conductivit display settings Show magnitude No Number per node 1 Scale Factor 2 Color LC Aquamarine Live update Yes When a sub node is selected making it the active
78. ormats or copy and paste from the Windows clipboard These features are discussed below 2 3 3 Copy and Paste Data You can start the copy and paste process from the Project tree by right clicking on the Data node and selecting New or you can clicking on Input gt Data Set gt New from the Main Menu To copy and paste data you must copy data into the Windows clipboard BEFORE you select the Paste from clipboard option Open the source file highlight the contents you want to use for your data set and copy for example by hitting Ctrl C on your keyboard Once you have copied data to the Windows clipboard click the Paste from clipboard radio button in the Data Set Wizard window and the data in the Windows clipboard will be automatically copied into the data fields as shown in the following screenshot 40 Chapter 2 Working with GW Contour Data set type Head Anisotropy factor fi Data input options Import file Column 2 lt lt Back ne Cancel You must select the Data set type and in the case of Conductivity enter an Anisotropy factor between Kx and Ky You can also enter a Data set name which will be useful when Interpolating your data sets later Once you have entered all required information click on the Next button to proceed to the Column match window As shown in the following screenshot you must match each required Parameter to a Column of data You can also select the Unit for each column of dat
79. pecification Editor Query Builder QA QC Reporter Borehole Log Plotter and Report Editor The seamless integration of these tools provide the means for compiling and normalizing field data analyzing and reporting subsurface data and reporting site data AquiferTest Pro AquiferTest Pro designed for graphical analysis and reporting of pumping test and slug test data offers the tools necessary to calculate an aquifer s hydraulic properties such as hydraulic conductivity transmissivity and storativity AquiferTest Pro is versatile enough to consider confined aquifers unconfined aquifers leaky aquifers and fractured rock aquifers conditions Analysis results are displayed in report format or may be exported into graphical formats for use in presentations AquiferTest Pro also provides the tools for trends corrections and graphical contouring water table drawdown around the pumping well AquaChem AquaChem is designed for the management analysis and reporting of water quality data AquaChem s analysis capabilities cover a wide range of functions and calculations frequently used for analyzing interpreting and comparing water quality data AquaChem includes a comprehensive selection of commonly used plotting techniques to represent the chemical characteristics of aqueous geochemical and water quality data as well includes PHREEQC a powerful geochemical reaction model GW Contour The GW Contour data interpolation and contouring prog
80. perty viewer visible E Interpolated results Average conductivit 0 001 Average porosity 0 25 Heads Head Porosity Hydraulic conductivit E Display settings Max travel time 3650 Yes Width 1 Forward E 0 0 255 Backward MM 255 0 0 El Time markers Visible Yes Type regularEvery Interval 365 Customized value System Single die ead m or e seh be la fe 74 14520 14867 15214 15581 15308 16 255 1660 Interpolated results lei results used to calculate particle X n a Y n a Head m 15 90743 trackings 4 1 4 Deleting Particles You may remove individual particles from your project or remove all particles associated with a Particle tracking node using the following options Delete Selected To remove only the selected particles from the project e Select Output gt Particle tracking gt Particles gt Remove selected from the Main Menu or click on the g Delete selected particle button in the Toolbar e Click on the desired parucle s or groups of particles to delete Delete All To remove all particles from the project e Select Output gt Particle tracking gt Particles gt Remove all or click on the Cc Delete all particles button in the Toolbar e A confirmation warning message will appear click OK to proceed Particle Tracking Maps 65 4 1 5 Editing Particle Tracking maps Once the particle tracking map has been created you may modify the settings in several ways e Right click on the Particl
81. points to use when calculating the interpolated value for each grid node Note For more information on selecting and modifying interpolation parameters please see Geostatistical Software Library and User s Guide Second Edition by C Deutsch and A Journet Oxford University Press 1998 Natural Neighbor Advanced settings a E x Gradient W Use gradient Tautness 1 hi Tautness 2 hi Magnitude li Magnitude r 2 Use gradient If flagged it indicates that the system must blend the gradient calculation and the linear interpolation calculation to produce a smoother surface Tautness 1 and 2 Controls the influence of the gradient on the results and may be used to smooth the interpolated surface Magnitudes X and Y Magnification factors for the X and Y coordinates Note If you attempt to interpolate a data set and encounter a message indicating that The ratio of vertical to horizontal scales is too small for gradient estimation simply open the Interpolation Settings window by clicking on Settings gt Interpolation or expand the Specific subnode under Interpolation Settings in the Property viewer for your interpolated data set and change the Use gradient option to No You will then be able to suc cessfully re interpolate your data set with slightly less smoothing of the interpolated surface but without encountering an error Note For more information on selecting and modifying interpolation parameters
82. porting data from a file you have the option of disregarding the first row which usually contains headers Check the Ignore column headers in row 1 check box to start importing from the second row When all required data has been entered click on the Next button to proceed to the Column match window As shown on page 41 you must match each required Parameter to a Column of data You can also select the Unit for each column of data being imported The data will be automatically converted to your project units during the import process Data Input 43 By clicking in the Column fields data can be manually edited at this time Data set wizard Grid domain definition qi Oj xj Grid domain lt min lo m X max 2000 m Y min o m Y max 2000 m Display data set locations with symbols Decimals la Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 lt lt Back Finish Cancel When all required data has been entered click on the Next button to proceed to the Grid domain window As shown on page 42 you can define the Grid domain which can exclude data points if their coordinates are outside the domain you select by default the domain is set to the project domain Note If you have points in your data set that are outside of your project domain or outside of the Grid domain you select the cell s containing the point s are highlighted and a warning message will be displayed prompting you to either continue or r
83. ptimize your project workflow from collecting and recording groundwater data in the field to project delivery in the office Mark of Schlumberger Table of Contents le IMTFrOdUCIOM ca adas E Main Feat eS di A 1 Data Entry and Import NAAA A A EE A 1 VISUANZAUION 2 a duced AAA 2 Interpretation and Analysis ner a r en nE IERT a AAA 2 Repro seerd SS ada 2 Installation iria betes bee E Aaa 2 Installing GW Contou ss nas Roe oe os eee eee ee ees 3 Sarna GW COMOULs aia 8G eh oho 2 A AE E Rae 5 Ureinstallin GW Contou va aa bas eed ee ee eee ee N 5 On Line Holes oes cian 6 AE A T 6 Software Maintenance and Technical Support sssssssscssosssssoseeee 8 ADOUt the INterace 5 tose srases se aie suas era eo een Sree tw As net ewan eee wie ave 8 Men Daroca its is wie oa we we we are oe a ae ee ee 9 PEO COU 2485 aA eg Aas ee OB te Se Bae e ee a ace aro io ias E ek 9 O eG T hw ah Rabat oh ee hoes Ga knee Oa ee aed be eek 2 9 AAA prot eens Seer Sune etter a iets cals Sate Mee mae ou Shee ee ane oe 10 OUDE sust Aa eee Bon Br eee eae hee Pp eee aN E Gane eae en te 10 DEVIN OSs sens cera sade o Shy ee ats as EN Ge Mbs Sees Speen See 10 HED eren A ad ae Caen Oa nee wie here he tens we Gore hears 10 Toolbar ies are wins eds da oe BS RAEN A E SaaS DARA ORNs Cine eee eds 10 Project Tres aras 12 Property VIEWer aiii Di A A A AA IS 13 PIOU VIE WEE AS AD A E AE A aaa oa os 13 2 Working with GW Contour ooooooooo ooo ooo ooooo 15
84. r prompting for the X and Y world coordinates of the selected location New Projects 19 20 e Enter the X and Y coordinates for this point e Repeat this procedure for the second georeference point Once the georeference points have been set the project domain must be oriented on the project base map Deleting Georeference Points gg To delete a georeference point e Click the Delete Georeference Point icon in the toolbar e Click on the georeference point to delete Note If a georeference point is deleted a new georeference point must be added as two georeference points are required to create a coordinate system In the Georeference Base Map window once you have defined 2 georeference points the project domain is represented by an outline of a box with circular nodes at each corner and with arrows pointing along the X and Y axes The project domain box can be shifted expanded and rotated to any alignment on the site map using the toolbar options described below These options are also available under the Options menu item Typically the project domain is aligned along the principal direction of groundwater flow The following toolbar buttons are provided to assist you with the process of providing georeference points E Zoom in Click and drag the mouse to select the zoom area a Zoom out View the entire map display area EN New Map Load a new file for the site map The Georeference Point fields show the coordinates of
85. r to Applied Hydrogeology Third Edition C W Fetter Prentice Hall Inc 1994 pp 142 151 Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking Forward tracking pathlines are used to predict where groundwater is flowing and how long it will take to reach a given location if it starts from a known location at a known time Backward tracking pathlines are used to predict where groundwater at a given location and time is coming from and how long it took to travel there 4 1 1 Settings To create a new particles map click on Output gt Particle Tracking gt New from the Main Menu The Particle tracking wizard will appear as shown in the following figure Particle tracking Wizard Interpolated resul Ioj x Particle tracking name Particle Tracking Example Select a head interpolated results Interpolated result Select a porosity interpolated results JW Use an average value 3 Select a conductivity interpolated results IW Use an average value 3 m z TT Live update cos Enter a Particle tracking map name and define the necessary inputs The minimum data requirements for calculating Particle pathlines are listed below e Heads From the combo box select a head interpolated results data set If Particle Tracking Maps one is not available return to the Input create a Heads data set then interpolate this data set Please see Chapter 3 Interpolated Results for a complete description on
86. ram incorporates techniques for mapping velocity vectors and particle tracks GW Contour incorporates the most commonly used 2D data interpolation techniques for the groundwater and environmental industry including Natural Neighbor Inverse Distance Kriging and Bilinear GW Contour is designed for contouring surface or water levels contaminant concentrations or other spatial data UnSat Suite Plus UnSat Suite Plus seamlessly integrates multiple one dimensional unsaturated zone flow and solute transport models into a single intuitive working environment Models include SESOIL VS2DT VLEACH PESTAN Visual HELP and the International Weather Generator The combination of models offers users the ability for simulating the downward vertical flow of water and the migration of dissolved contaminants through the vadose zone UnSat Suite Plus includes tools for project management generating synthetic weather data modeling flow and contaminants through the unsaturated zone estimating groundwater recharge and contaminant loading rates and preparing compliance reports Visual HELP Visual HELP is a one dimensional unsaturated zone flow modeling application built for optimizing the hydrologic design of municipal landfills Visual HELP is based on the US E P A HELP model Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance and has been integrated into a 32 Bit Windows application It combines the International Weather Generator Landfill Profile Designer an
87. report templates The overview instructions below tell you how to create a basic report template and how to customize the template to your own preferences To start the process of creating a new Template click on Output gt Report gt Template gt New from the Main Menu Once the preview window has opened select Template gt Save As from the Main Menu to create a new template Enter a name for the template and click OK A new blank Template will now exist in the preview window Creating Report Templates 73 Page Layout The first step is to define the page layout This includes page orientation size and margins Click on Page gt Page Configuration from the preview window Menu Specify the desired Paper Orientation and Margins settings You can also configure your default printer by clicking the Printer button When you have made the required changes click OK Source Auto Select Margins millimeters Left fro Right fro Top fro Bottom ro Orientation Portrait f Landscape Cancel Printer Create Page Border In your report template you may want to add a border around the entire page To do SO e Click on Image gt Rectangle gt Rectangle Tool from the preview window Main Menu e Draw a rectangle just inside the perimeter of the page representing a border for the report by clicking and dragging the rectangle outline Once the shape has been placed on the report you may modify th
88. roject tree In each case you have the option to Add a single point or Add a line of points Adding a Single Control Point If you select the Add single option you can add one or more points by left clicking at one or more locations on your project domain Each time you select a point you will be prompted to enter a data value at that point and shown in the following screenshot GW Contour mE Please enter the data value for thie control point a Once you have entered a data value and clicked OK and new point will be added to the overlay If you have made Markers visible see Data Set Options on page 34 a marker will be placed at the location of the Control point Adding a Line of Control Points The process to add a line of control points is the same as adding a single control point except that you click and drag your mouse to create the line of points When the line is oriented correctly let go of the mouse button and the Edit Data window will appear as shown in the following screenshot coordinate m Y coordinate m 132 33 894 14 230 46 897 37 344 59 300 61 450 72 903 84 556 85 907 07 662 98 910 31 769 11 913 54 075 24 916 77 981 37 920 1087 5 923 24 Value m 123 45 concn coo a D m AE mn OF Cancel For each data point enter a value then click OK when finished and the Control points will be added to the data set As with the Add single feature if you have
89. ry of the Annual Maintenance Benefits 1s provided below e Free Major Software Upgrades and Updates to the Current Version e Notification of Free Updates Upgrades Available for your Software e Unlimited Telephone Support e Unlimited Email Support e Priority Response to Error Reports e Direct Bug Fix Updates e Documentation Updates e On Demand FTP Downloads e Showcase Your Projects in SWS E News e Option to Beta Test New Products For more information about Annual Maintenance Contracts contact our Sales department via email at sws sales slb com or via phone at 1 519 746 1798 1 3 About the Interface GW Contour s graphical user interface 1s organized in five main components to provide the user easy access to 1ts main functions The user interface components are listed below 8 Chapter 1 Introduction Main Menu Toolbar Plot Viewer D Pro am Files GWContour SampleFiles P ectFilesAirport qguwc GW Contour ZA Project view Input Output Settings Help BEN IIA AE 181x of CF maca E e Project1 EW Base map nl site_map Tree aT Nae ee Hea Viewer Property Viewer me Display settings LiveUpdate 1000 2000 Head m 14 13 14 49 14 85 15 21 15 57 15 94 16 30 16 66 Yisible Indicates if particle trackings plotted are visible or mot Note that simulations can 1 3 1 Menu Bar EEA project view Input Output Settings Help The Menu Bar is where the user finds all GW Contour feat
90. set sub node in the Project tree and select Create Interpolated results or click on Output gt Interpolated result gt New from the Main Menu In either case the Interpolated Result Settings window will open as shown in the following figure Creating New Interpolations 49 50 lol x Mame Data source Hea Interpolation method Inverse Distance Grid domain mir Y min Number of grid intervals Horizontal 50 Vertical 50 Data to be contoured Mir value i 4 128 Data min 14 128 Max value li 6 650 Data max 16 658 Use log interpolation e Live update Advanced settings In the Interpolated results settings window enter the following information Name The name of the Interpolated results data set as it appears in the Project tree Data source The data set to be interpolated You can use the pull down menu to select from available data sets Interpolation method The interpolation method to be used to create the interpolated data set You can use the pull down menu to select between Kriging Natural Neighbors and Inverse Distance The Bilinear interpolation method is only available if a gridded data set GRD file is used X min X Max The horizontal boundaries of the interpolated area By default these numbers are set to the horizontal extents of the project domain If a grid domain larger than the project domain is set the project domain will be resized to accommodate the grid domain
91. t Interpolated result Velocity vectors Particle tracking F r F F Report Copy ta clipboard Export to image File e Interpolated result Provides options for generating and modifying interpolated data sets New Create a new interpolated data set from a data set that has already been imported copied into the project Please see Chapter 3 Interpolated Results for a detailed explanation Edit Manually modify the data points in the selected interpolated data set You must click on the data set to be edited in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the edit operation You can edit the X and Y coordinates and the values for any point s Delete Remove the selected interpolated data set from the project You must click on the data set to be deleted in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the delete operation Add point at Add a contour line at the selected location on your Project Viewer Export to grid file Provides options for exporting the active selected interpolated data set to a Surfer GRD file in either ASCII or Binary form Contour lines Display the selected interpolated data set using contour lines Colour shading Display the selected interpolated data set using colour shading e Velocity vectors Provides options for generating and modifying velocity vectors New Add a new velocity vector overlay to your project Please see Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Par
92. terpolated results data set If one 1s not available you can return to the Input create a Porosity data set then interpolate this data set Please see Chapter 3 Interpolated Results for a complete description on creating Interpolated results Alternately 1f porosity data 1s not available you can select the Use an average value option and enter an estimated porosity value for the project domain NOTE Porosity should be entered as the effective porosity e Hydraulic Conductivity From the combo box select a conductivity interpolated results data set If one 1s not available you can return to the Input create a Conductivity data set then interpolate this data set Please see Chapter 3 Interpolated Results for a complete description on creating Interpolated results Alternately if conductivity data is not available you can select the Use an average value option and enter an estimated conductivity value for the project domain e Liveupdate Allows you to apply changes immediately if selected or wait until the node is manually refreshed before changes are applied if it is not selected Once you have defined the data requirements click Next to proceed to the next step in the Velocity vector wizard Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking elocity Yectors wizard Settings E oo x Velocity vectors settings Proportional to magnitude Number per node Scale factor Color lt Bac
93. ticle Tracking for a detailed explanation Delete Remove the selected velocity vectors from the project You must click on the velocity vectors to be deleted in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the delete operation e Particle tracking Provides options for generating and modifying a particle tracking simulation Working with your project New Create a particle tracking simulation Please see Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking for a detailed explanation Delete Remove the selected particle tracking simulation from the project You must click on the particle tracking simulation to be deleted in the Project Tree highlighting the node before performing the delete operation Particles Provides options to add particles to or delete particles from the simulation Please see Chapter 4 Velocity Vectors and Particle Tracking for a detailed explanation Run simulation Run the selected simulation to generate particle pathlines and time markers 29 e Time markers on off Show hide time markers on particle pathlines e Report Provides options to generate and modify reports based on the contents of your Plot viewer window Please see Chapter 5 Reports for a detailed explanation e New using default template Create a new report using the default template e New select template Create a new report and select from the existing list of templates e New without template Create a
94. ures logically organized under six menu options Project View Input Output Settings and Help Project The Project menu contains menu items for creating opening saving and closing projects and exiting the system A list of the most recent projects opened in GW Contour is also provided View The View menu contains menu items for turning on off the project tree the property viewer and the project legend as well as zoom controls About the Interface 9 Input Output Settings Help The Input menu contains menu items and submenus for creating and manipulating data sets and base maps The Input menu and submenus allow users to e Create and delete base maps e Create edit and delete data sets e Manage control points add load delete save export etc The Output menu contains menu items and submenus for creating and manipulating interpolated results velocity vectors particle tracking output and reports Options for copying to the clipboard and exporting to an image file are also located in the Output menu The Settings menu contains options allowing you to edit the settings for interpolations velocity vectors particle tracking and the project The Settings menu also includes tools for editing the properties of the active interpolated result layer The Help menu contains information About the program Version registration and contact information and the Contents of the Online Help file 1 3 2 Toolbar
95. ustomized value System Single Yes F When a sub node is selected making it the active selection the Property viewer will display the following parameters e Visible Show hide the particles time markers and pathlines e Interpolated results Allows you to change the average values entered for Conductivity and Porosity as well as providing a Read Only list of the settings used to create the Particle pathlines overlay e Display settings Provides options to modify the particles and pathlines e Max travel time The maximum time over which the particle movement will be simulated e Width Determines the width of particle pathlines e Forward Select the forward pathline colour from the pull down colour palette e Backward Select the backward pathline colour from the pull down colour palette e Time markers Show hide time markers using the Visible option and change the frequency interval and custom time values for your time markers See Settings on page 61 for more information e Liveupdate Allows you to apply changes immediately if selected or wait until the node is manually refreshed before changes are applied if it is not selected Report Options Property viewer Report File C GWContour Tutorials te When a sub node is selected making it the active selection the Property viewer will display the following parameter Working with your project 37 e Report File The name of the fil

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