Stochastic uncertainty analysis for solute transport in randomly heterogeneous media using a Karhunen-Loève-based moment equation approach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Gaisheng ^a   Lu, Zhiming ^b   Zhang, Dongxiao ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; SOLUTE CONCENTRATION;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

DISPERSION; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 35948963285     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005193     Document Type: Article

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