Automated calibration of a stream solute transport model: Implications for interpretation of biogeochemical parameters

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 492-510

  Scott, Durelle T ^a   Gooseff, Michael N ^b   Bencala, Kenneth E ^c   Runkel, Robert L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyporheic zone; Inverse modeling; OTIS; Parameter estimation; Solute transport; Tracer; Transient storage; UCODE

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM; TRACER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UVAS CREEK;

EID: 0344926514     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468348     Document Type: Article

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