Identification of application-specific critical inputs for the 1991 Johnson and Ettinger vapor intrusion algorithm

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-78

  Johnson, Paul C ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPREADSHEETS; VAPORS;

CRITICAL INPUTS; ETTINGER ALGORITHM; FLOWCHART-BASED APPROACH;

GROUNDWATER;

ALGORITHM; CLEANUP; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

EID: 27744537686     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2005.0002.x     Document Type: Review

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