Estimating flow parameter distributions using ground-penetrating radar and hydrological measurements during transient flow in the vadose zone

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 583-599

  Kowalsky, Michael B ^a   Finsterle, Stefan ^b   Rubin, Yoram ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPR; Hydraulic parameters; Joint inversion; Pilot point; Transient data; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; DATA REDUCTION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; POROSITY; SOILS;

FLOW PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI (MAP); PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROLOGY;

FLOW MODELING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRANSIENT FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 2442475242     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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