Research for Industries (RFI) Lecture Series: Steven K. Frey

On November 17th Aquanty’s Dr. Steve Frey (senior scientist and Director of Research Services) delivered a webinar as part of Microsoft’s Research for Industries (RFI) initiative. This initiative seeks to identify and accelerate scientific advances in technologies such as data platforms, connectivity, robotics, and AI and bring them to bear on opportunities in a variety of industries, including retail, financial services, energy, and agri-food, and others.

Dr. Frey’s lecture - titled Physics-based groundwater – surface water modeling at continental scale - provides some early information on Aquanty’s ambitious Canada 1 Water (C1W) project. At the heart of the C1W project lies Aquanty’s flagship software platform, HydroGeoSphere (HGS), a state-of-the-art fully-integrated GW-SW simulator that can couple with both weather forecasts and future climate scenarios in order to derive predictive insight on water resources. As part of the continental scale Canada 1 Water (C1W) project, HGS models are being built for all of Canada. C1W is a collaborative and multi-disciplinary project involving scientists who are working to assemble the requisite datasets and construct the models. As part of C1W phase 1, the HGS models will be coupled to regional climate modeling and used to produce national scale climate change risk indices pertaining to surface water, groundwater, and soil moisture resources. In this presentation we will: (i) review the concept and science behind fully-integrated GW-SW simulation, (ii) discuss the parallel scientific advancements that have paved the way for large-scale hyper resolution modeling, (iii) introduce the C1W project methodology and objectives, and (iv) discuss the integration of sensor data with hydrologic models to improve predictive capabilities.

Watch the presentation below, or visit the Research for Industries website to watch and learn more about RFI.