An empirically-based sequential ground water monitoring network design procedure

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 549-566

  Grabow, G ^a   Yoder, D C ^b   Mote, C R ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant hydrology; Ground Water hydrology; Modeling statistics; Monitoring network design; Sampling; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUND WATER; MODEL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; TRACER; WATER FLOW;

HYDROLOGY; MONITORING; SAMPLING; STATISTICS; THERMAL PLUMES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

GROUND WATER HYDROLOGY; GROUND WATER MONITORING NETWORK DESIGN;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER; MONITORING; NETWORK DESIGN; PLUME; WELL;

EID: 0034212734     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04286.x     Document Type: Article

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