Calibration
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Definition
Adjustment of a model’s parameters such as roughness or dispersion coefficients so that it reproduces observed prototype data to acceptable accuracy.; The process of refining the model representation of the hydrogeologic framework, hydraulic properties, and boundary conditions to achieve a desired degree of correspondence between the model simulations and observations of the groundwater flow system.
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Glossary of Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Vicksburg, USA