Contaminant mass discharge estimation in groundwater based on multi-level point measurements: A numerical evaluation of expected errors

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-80

  Kübert, Markus ^a   Finkel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control plane; Groundwater; Mass discharge estimation; Multi level wells

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; ERROR DETECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AQUIFER CONDUCTIVITIES; CONTAMINANT MASS DISCHARGES; ESTIMATION ERRORS; MULTI-LEVEL WELL DATA;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFERS; COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ERROR DETECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DISCHARGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WELL;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; EVALUATION; EXPECTATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SPACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 32244438827     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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