Wes KitlastenSenior Numerical Groundwater Modeller

Department

Groundwater Modelling

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Qualifications

BSc, Geology
PhD, Geology
MSc, Geology

Areas of expertise

Geology: Petrology
Geology: Finite-element modelling
Technical: Sample preparation
Geology: Mineralogy
Geology: Field mapping
Geology: rock and soil properties
Geology: Erosion Processes
Geology: Graduate Student Advisor
Groundwater: Modeling
Groundwater: Aquifer Hydraulics
Groundwater: Groundwater conceptual modeling
Geology: Hydrogeology
Geology: Metamorphic Petrology
Groundwater: Groundwater-surface water interaction
Business Development: Groundwater modeling
Groundwater: Methods and modeling
Technical: Mathematical and numerical modeling
Technical: Unsaturated zone methods and modeling
Technical: Uncertainty methods and analysis
Groundwater: Geostatistics
Groundwater: Climate change
Technical: Python programming
Geology: 3D geological modelling
Groundwater: Model Uncertainty
Groundwater: Impact of land use on groundwater

Major Publications

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Kitlasten, W.; Moore, C.R.; Hemmings, B.J.C. 2022. Model structure and ensemble size : implications for predictions of groundwater age, Frontiers in Earth Science : article 972305. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.972305.
Kitlasten, W.; Morway, E.D.; Niswonger, R.G.; Gardner, M.; White, J.T.; Triana, E.; Selkwitz, D. 2021. Integrated hydrology and operations modeling to evaluate climate change impacts in an agricultural valley irrigated with snowmelt runoff, Water Resources Research 57(6): e2020WR027924. DOI: 10.1029/2020WR027924.

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