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Record W4417074936 · doi:10.1029/2025wr039984

Low‐Rank Geostatistical Inversion for Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Aquitard Hydraulic Parameters

2025· article· en· W4417074936 on OpenAlexaff
Chao Zhuang, Zhongxu Li, Long Yan, Rui Hu, Zhi Dou, Zhifang Zhou, Jinguo Wang, Walter A. Illman

Bibliographic record

VenueWater Resources Research · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicSoil Geostatistics and Mapping
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Waterloo
FundersNational Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund
KeywordsHydrogeologyAquiferInversion (geology)GeostatisticsHydraulic conductivitySpatial variabilitySpatial distributionPrincipal component analysisSpatial heterogeneity

Abstract

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Abstract Many hydrogeological processes are intricately linked to both the spatial heterogeneity and temporal dynamics of the involved parameters. The variability in hydrogeological parameters across both space and time domains is defined as the spatiotemporal heterogeneity. This study introduces a partitioning geostatistical inversion approach to characterize the spatiotemporal heterogeneity, and further applies this methodology to the long‐term multi‐extensometer data from the second aquitard beneath Qingliang Primary School, Changzhou City, China. The Principal Component Geostatistical Approach (PCGA) is used to capture the temporal variability in the hydraulic conductivity ( K ) and specific storage ( S s ) across the three sub‐layers of the aquitard of interest. Comparative analysis reveals that models accounting for spatiotemporal heterogeneity achieve significantly higher accuracy than those considering only spatial heterogeneity. PCGA effectively captures the temporal variations in aquitard K and S s , with sub‐layer 3 dominating the temporal dynamics. Additionally, neglecting the initial delayed drainage within the aquitard leads to a notable overestimation of K . Moreover, utilizing a stage‐wise distribution of parameters as an initial guess significantly enhances inversion accuracy. The proposed methodology not only deepens the understanding of aquitard deformation but also holds broad potential for advancing the characterization of spatiotemporal heterogeneity in 4D hydrogeological modeling.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.026
Threshold uncertainty score0.052

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.046
GPT teacher head0.332
Teacher spread0.286 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

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