Evaluation of unconfined-aquifer parameters from pumping test data by nonlinear least squares

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 300-313

  Heidari, Manoutchehr ^a   Moench, Allen ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FLOW OF WATER; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

NEUMAN MODEL; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES (NLS); VISUAL CURVE MATCHING;

AQUIFERS;

DRAWDOWN; NEUMAN MODEL; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES; PARAMETERIZATION; PUMPING TEST DATA; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 0030615824     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03101-0     Document Type: Article

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