A methodology to determine optimal transmissivity measurement locations in groundwater quality management models with scarce field information

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1265-1274

  Criminisi, Antonio ^a   Tucciarelli, Tullio ^b   Karatzas, George P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; MONTE CARLO MODEL; TRANSMISSIVITY;

COSTS; GROUNDWATER; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LOCATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COVARIANCE FUNCTION; FIELD INFORMATIONS; LIMITING CONDITION; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; REMEDIATION COSTS; TRANSMISSIVITY MEASUREMENTS;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030616501     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00300     Document Type: Article

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