State-space first-order estimate of well catchment uncertainty

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 304, 2006, Pages 189-195

  Bakr, M I ^a   Butler, A P ^b   Guadagnini, A ^c   Riva, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo method; Nonstationarity; State Space First Order method; Stochastic; Well catchment

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELLHEADS;

NONSTATIONARITY; STATE-SPACE FIRST-ORDER METHOD; STOCHASTIC; WELL CATCHMENT;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POREWATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELLHEAD;

EID: 33746092028     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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