Representing aquifer architecture in macrodispersivity models with an analytical solution of the transition probability matrix

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Dai, Zhenxue ^a   Wolfsberg, Andrew ^a   Lu, Zhiming ^a   Ritzi Jr , Robert ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

FIELD-SCALE DISPERSIVITY; MACRODISPERSIVITY; TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRIX;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; EIGENVALUE; MODELING; PROBABILITY;

EID: 37349098320     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031608     Document Type: Article

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