Linear and Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis for subsurface contaminant transport simulation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2495-2508

  James, April L ^a,b   Oldenburg, Curtis M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION;

CONTAMINANT TRANPOSRT; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISKS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030680308     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01925     Document Type: Article

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