Modeling groundwater velocity uncertainty in nonstationary composite porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1866-1875

  Ni, Chuen Fa ^a   Li, Shu Guang ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite porous media; Heterogeneity; Monte Carlo simulation; Perturbation method; Spectral method; Stochastic modeling; Uncertainty modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPSITE POROUS MEDIA; HETEROGENEITY; SPECTRAL METHOD; STOCHASTIC MODELING; UNCERTAINTY MODELING;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS;

HYDROLOGY;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROUS MATERIALS;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750021412     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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