A combined parameter scaling and inverse technique to upscale the unsaturated hydraulic parameters for heterogeneous soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Z Fred ^a   Ward, Andy L ^a   Gee, Glendon W ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Hydraulic property; Inverse modeling; Unsaturated zone; Upscaling; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOIL TESTING; WATER RESOURCES;

FIELD SCALE FLOW; INVERSE MODELING; INVERSE TECHNIQUE; PARAMETER SCALING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; UPSCALING; VADOSE ZONE;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 4644303216     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002925     Document Type: Article

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