Heuristic space-time design of monitoring wells for contaminant plume characterization in stochastic flow fields

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 271-301

  Montas, Hubert J ^a   Mohtar, Rabi H ^b   Hassan, Ahmed E ^c   Alkhal, Farqad A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Heuristic space time design; Stochastic flow fields; Wells

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

GROUNDWATER; MONITORING SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY; WELL;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0033994031     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(99)00108-4     Document Type: Article

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