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Stochastic Hydrology

Random Field Simulation

Professor Ke-Sheng ChengDepartment of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering

National Taiwan University

OUTLINE• Definition and introduction• Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS)• Gamma random field simulation• Potential applications

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What is a random field?

• A random variable is completely characterized by its probability density function (PDF).

• A set of jointly distributed random variables is characterized by their joint PDF. [Multivariate probability distribution]

• Random process - Time series• Random field


• A random field can be defined as a set of jointly distributed random variables defined in a spatial domain (2-, 3-, or higher dimension).

• Examples of random fields– Spatial variation of rainfall– Variation of terrain elevation– Spatial variation of heavy metal contamination– Grey level (reflectance) of multispectral images


Characterizing a random field


• In geostatistics, spatial variation of a random field is often expressed in terms of the semi-variogram defined as

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• For a stationary random field, the semi-variogram is also independent of the locations of x and , and the following relationship between the covariance function and the semi-variogram exists

where represents the distance between x and and C(0) is the variance of the random variable Z(x), i.e. .

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A typical semi-variogram (a) A pure-nugget semi-variogram (b).


Conceptual description of a gamma random field simulation approach


Components of sequential random field simulation


OUTLINES• Definition and introduction• Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS)• Gamma random field simulation• Potential applications


Sequential Gaussian simulation


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• Equation [C] lays the foundation for stochastic simulation of a Gaussian random field.

• Random field simulation is generally carried out by sequentially generating random number at only one target location each time.


• Suppose the random field simulation begins with a univariate random number generation at an initial point xo with coordinate (1,1).

• We then sequentially generate random numbers at other locations under the condition of previously generated random numbers.


• The simulation is conducted following a column-preference style in which random numbers at all nodes of the same line are generated sequentially and then the process proceeds to the next line.


• At any stage of the simulation process, the number and locations of the conditioning variates depend on the range measured in terms of the grid interval.


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OUTLINES• Definition and introduction• Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS)• Gamma random field simulation• Potential applications


Covariance matrices conversion


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Transforming Gaussian realizations to gamma realizations


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• Transformation of the standard normal deviate w to gamma variate x can thus be derived as

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Summary of the simulation procedures


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• Illustration of nodes with common covariance matrix for conditional simulation using a column-preference generation algorithm. Nodes marked by the same symbols have a common covariance matrix . (The range is assumed to be twice of grid interval.)

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Simulation and verification


• Since our simulation is based on a discrete network of one pixel grid interval, the random field with one-pixel range is technically completely random with no spatial correlation between any neighboring pixels, resulting in a pure nugget semi-variogram.

• As the range increases, the degree of spatial correlation increases.

• One hundred simulation runs were conducted for each scenario type with respect to specific values of range and simulation size


• For a given scenario type and a specific value of range, parameter estimation was done for each of the 100 realizations.

• These estimates vary among different realizations. Therefore, the sample mean and standard deviation of these realization-specific parameter estimates were calculated.


Examples of simulated gamma fields


OUTLINE• Definition and introduction• Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS)• Gamma random field simulation• Potential applications


Conditional Random Field Simulation – Heavy metal conta

mination (HMC) in soils


Conditional simulation of HMC

• The heavy metal concentration (HMC) at each 1-meter cell can be considered as one realization of the random field.

• In order to understand the statistical distribution of HMC at the center of each 1-m cell, conditional random field simulation was implemented in this study.


• (1) Generation of 1000 realizations for different HMC by random field simulation.

• (2) Estimates of HMC, conditioned on observed and downscaled HMC values, are given by the following equation:

where and are respectively ordinary kriging estimates using simulated and observed HMC at observation points.

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Contaminated zone delineation using conditional distribution function of HMC

• Conditional random field simulation using HYDRO_GEN and OK generates 1,000 realizations with 1-m grid interval.

• The conditional cumulative distribution function (CCDF) of HMC at location x, i.e., was estimated using generated HMC values.

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Criteria for regulation

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Sampling Locations

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Areas Without Point Samples

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Exceedance Probability Map (Ni)


Exceedance Probability Map (Cd)


Exceedance Probability Map (Cr)


Exceedance Probability Map (Cu)


Exceedance Probability Map (Zn)


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