Geostatistical analysis and conditional simulation for estimating the spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity in the Choushui River alluvial fan, Taiwan

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1333-1350

  Jang, Cheng Shin ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; MODFLOW; Ordinary kriging; Sequential Gaussian simulation; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

HYDROLOGY;

ALLUVIAL FAN; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 2442561462     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1397     Document Type: Article

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