Optimal estimation of residual non-aqueous phase liquid saturations using partitioning tracer concentration data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2621-2636

  James, Andrew I ^a   Graham, Wendy D ^a   Hatfield, Kirk ^a   Rao, P S C ^a   Annable, Mike D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

ALGORITHMS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL TESTS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VELOCITY; WATER;

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; NONPARTITIONING TRACERS; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; PARTITIONING TRACERS; STEADY-STATE VELOCITY; THEORETICAL ESTIMATION;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 0030665530     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR02589     Document Type: Article

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