A probabilistic model and software tool for evaluating the long-term performance of landfill covers

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-88

  Ho, Clifford K ^a   Arnold, Bill W ^a   Cochran, John R ^a   Taira, Randal Y ^b   Pelton, Mitchell A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap; Cover; Performance; Probabilistic; Sensitivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GAS TRANSPORT; WATER FLUX;

LAND FILL;

DESIGN; LANDFILL CAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0842284797     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(03)00111-7     Document Type: Article

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