Projects in Computational Earth Sciences Group (EES-16)

Atmosphere & Weapons Phenomenology

• Coupled Fire/Atmosphere Modeling, FIRETEC
• High-Resolution Modeling of Hurricanes, HIGRAD
• Wind Turbine and Turbulent Flow Modeling, WindBlade

Integrated Geosystems

• Environmental Programs- Canyons Project
• Seismic Hazards Geology
• The Middle Awash Project: A LANL-UC Berkeley Collaborative Geological and Paleoanthropological Research in the Afar Rift of Ethiopia
• Used Fuel Siting Criteria
• CO₂ Capture and Storage (CCS) Infrastructure Modeling

Subsurface Flow & Transport

• Carbon Sequestration Research and Development
• Chimayo CO₂ Sequestration Reservoir Natural Analog
• US-China Clean Energy Research Center
• Performance/Risk Assesment with CO₂ PENS
• Advanced Simulation Capability for Environmental Management (ASCEM)
• Chromium Plume in the Regional Aquifer
• Environmental Programs- SFT
• Nevada National Security Site Underground Test Area Project (UGTA)
• Geothermal Reservoir Modeling
• Pore-Scale Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Reactive Transport in Porous Media

Software and Capabilities

• FEHM
• PFLOTRAN
• LaGriT
• Mesh Generation
• CO₂ PENS
• SimCCS
• HIGRAD/FIRETEC/Windblade Family of Codes