Asymptotic properties of the Eulerian truncation approximation: Analysis of the perfectly stratified transport problem

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 18-1-18-7

  Li, Shu Guang ^a   McLaughlin, Dennis ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulerian methods; Eulerian truncation; Field scale transport; Perturbation methods; Stochastic methods; Stratified transport

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION;

SUBSURFACE FLOW;

WATER RESOURCES;

ALGORITHM; GROUNDWATER; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 0036702464     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000wr000040     Document Type: Article

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