Groundwater recharge modelling using the Monte Carlo technique, Manawatu region, New Zealand

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 224, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 137-148

  Bekesi, G ^a   McConchie, J ^b  

^a Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contamination; Groundwater; Monte Carlo technique; Recharge modelling; Uncertainty analysis; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AQUIFERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER LEVELS;

RAINFALL RECHARGE MODEL; REGIONAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RECHARGE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033536893     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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