Numerical trajectory calculations for the efficient inversion of transient flow and tracer observations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Vasco, D W ^a,b   Finsterle, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Inverse modeling; Inversion; Streamline; Tracer; Transient flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LARGE-SCALE CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSIENT FLOW;

WATER RESOURCES;

FLOW PATTERN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TRACER; TRANSIENT FLOW;

FLOW PATTERN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; TRACER; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 2542567317     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002362     Document Type: Article

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