A physical basis for calculating instrument spatial weighting functions in homogeneous systems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Molz III, Fred J ^a   Dinwiddie, Cynthia L ^a,b   Wilson, John L ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaging volume; Energy dissipation; Measurement; Minipermeameter; Weighting

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PROBES; WEIGHING;

ISOTROPIC FLOW; SPATIAL WEIGHING FUNCTIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0346590026     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001WR001220     Document Type: Article

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