Experimental evidence of randomness and nonuniqueness in an unsaturated outflow experiments designed for hydraulic parameter estimation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 595-602

  Hollenbeck, K J ^a   Jensen, K H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS;

PARAMETERIZATION; UNSATURATED FLOW;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FLOW CONDITION; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INITIAL SATURATION; INVERSE ESTIMATION; INVERSION PROCEDURE; RICHARDS EQUATION; UNSATURATED HYDRAULICS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 0031946143     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03609     Document Type: Article

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