Two-dimensional characterization of hydraulic heterogeneity by multiple pumping tests

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Li, Wei ^a   Englert, Andreas ^b   Cirpka, Olaf A ^a   Vanderborght, Jan ^b   Vereecken, Harry ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOSTATISTICAL INVERSION; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AQUIFER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULICS; KRIGING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PUMPING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TESTING METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 34249112258     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005333     Document Type: Article

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