Model development and calibration of a saltwater intrusion model in Southern California

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1329-1343

  Bray, Ben ^a   Tsai, Frank T C ^b   Sim, Youn ^c   Yeh, William W G ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c Watershed Management Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer characteristics; Geospatial analysis; Parameter estimation; Saltwater intrusion; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; SALTWATER INTRUSION;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CALIBRATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SALT WATER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548673520     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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