Stochastic analysis of saturated-unsaturated flow in heterogeneous media by combining Karhunen-Loeve expansion and perturbation method

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 294, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 18-38

  Yang, Jinzhong ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^b,c   Lu, Zhiming ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Karhunen Loeve expansion; Numerical analysis; Perturbation method; Saturated unsaturated flow; Stochastic modeling; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

KARHUNEN-LOEVE EXPANSIONS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 3042595850     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.10.023     Document Type: Article

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