Prediction of velocity statistics in three-dimensional multi-Gaussian hydraulic conductivity fields

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Englert, Andreas ^a   Vanderborght, Jan ^a   Vereecken, Harry ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; SECOND ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MULTI-GAUSSIAN HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FIELDS; VELOCITY FIELDS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33646526027     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004014     Document Type: Article

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