Framework to evaluate the worth of hydraulic conductivity data for optimal groundwater resources management in ecologically sensitive areas

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Feyen, Luc ^a,b,c   Gorelick, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BAYESIAN DECISION ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PREPOSTERIOR ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION MANAGEMENT MODEL;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

DECISION ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 17844398019     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002901     Document Type: Article

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