SA‐RelayGANs: A Novel Framework for the Characterization of Complex Hydrological Structures Based on GANs and Self‐Attention Mechanism

Abstract Increased availability and quality of surface and subsurface observations provide the chance to improve the perception of hydrological phenomena. An important factor that hinders our understanding of hydrological structures is the characterization of heterogeneous patterns with continuous a...

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Main Authors: Zhesi Cui, Qiyu Chen, Gang Liu, Lei Xun
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Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
Series:Water Resources Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035932
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description Abstract Increased availability and quality of surface and subsurface observations provide the chance to improve the perception of hydrological phenomena. An important factor that hinders our understanding of hydrological structures is the characterization of heterogeneous patterns with continuous attributes inside the structures (e.g., porosity, permeability, fluid saturation, etc.). Unlike categorical attributes, continuous attributes convey more realistic characteristics but require more computational resources to characterize such complex earth systems. In this work, we propose a novel deep learning approach for the characterization of complex hydrological realism with continuous attributes based on generative adversarial networks (GANs) and self‐attention mechanism, named SA‐RelayGANs. To address the complexity of heterogeneous hydrological structures, we divide the modeling process into two stages: facies construction stage and property reconstruction stage. In the first stage, we employ an improved GAN with self‐attention mechanism to construct the heterogeneous structures while adhering to hard conditioning constraints. In the second stage, we utilize another GAN with an attribute enhancement term to reconstruct realizations based on the constructed structures and observations. SA‐RelayGANs can successfully predict the statistical distributions of heterogeneous structures with continuous attributes by using limited observations. This study highlights the effectiveness of using GANs to characterize the heterogeneous patterns of hydrological realism and the application over large geoscience fields.
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spelling doaj-art-7bc948d83d9e427092ecd56b5c55e0832025-08-20T02:36:28ZengWileyWater Resources Research0043-13971944-79732024-01-01601n/an/a10.1029/2023WR035932SA‐RelayGANs: A Novel Framework for the Characterization of Complex Hydrological Structures Based on GANs and Self‐Attention MechanismZhesi Cui0Qiyu Chen1Gang Liu2Lei Xun3School of Computer Science China University of Geosciences Wuhan ChinaSchool of Computer Science China University of Geosciences Wuhan ChinaSchool of Computer Science China University of Geosciences Wuhan ChinaSchool of Computer Science China University of Geosciences Wuhan ChinaAbstract Increased availability and quality of surface and subsurface observations provide the chance to improve the perception of hydrological phenomena. An important factor that hinders our understanding of hydrological structures is the characterization of heterogeneous patterns with continuous attributes inside the structures (e.g., porosity, permeability, fluid saturation, etc.). Unlike categorical attributes, continuous attributes convey more realistic characteristics but require more computational resources to characterize such complex earth systems. In this work, we propose a novel deep learning approach for the characterization of complex hydrological realism with continuous attributes based on generative adversarial networks (GANs) and self‐attention mechanism, named SA‐RelayGANs. To address the complexity of heterogeneous hydrological structures, we divide the modeling process into two stages: facies construction stage and property reconstruction stage. In the first stage, we employ an improved GAN with self‐attention mechanism to construct the heterogeneous structures while adhering to hard conditioning constraints. In the second stage, we utilize another GAN with an attribute enhancement term to reconstruct realizations based on the constructed structures and observations. SA‐RelayGANs can successfully predict the statistical distributions of heterogeneous structures with continuous attributes by using limited observations. This study highlights the effectiveness of using GANs to characterize the heterogeneous patterns of hydrological realism and the application over large geoscience fields.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035932hydrogeological modelingdeep learninggenerative adversarial networksconditional simulation
spellingShingle Zhesi Cui
Qiyu Chen
Gang Liu
Lei Xun
SA‐RelayGANs: A Novel Framework for the Characterization of Complex Hydrological Structures Based on GANs and Self‐Attention Mechanism
Water Resources Research
hydrogeological modeling
deep learning
generative adversarial networks
conditional simulation
title SA‐RelayGANs: A Novel Framework for the Characterization of Complex Hydrological Structures Based on GANs and Self‐Attention Mechanism
title_full SA‐RelayGANs: A Novel Framework for the Characterization of Complex Hydrological Structures Based on GANs and Self‐Attention Mechanism
title_fullStr SA‐RelayGANs: A Novel Framework for the Characterization of Complex Hydrological Structures Based on GANs and Self‐Attention Mechanism
title_full_unstemmed SA‐RelayGANs: A Novel Framework for the Characterization of Complex Hydrological Structures Based on GANs and Self‐Attention Mechanism
title_short SA‐RelayGANs: A Novel Framework for the Characterization of Complex Hydrological Structures Based on GANs and Self‐Attention Mechanism
title_sort sa relaygans a novel framework for the characterization of complex hydrological structures based on gans and self attention mechanism
topic hydrogeological modeling
deep learning
generative adversarial networks
conditional simulation
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035932
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