Reducing capture zone uncertainty with a systematic sensitivity analysis

Ground Water

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 570-578

  Esling, Steven P ^a   Keller, John E ^a   Miller, Kenneth J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rapps Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; CAPTURE ZONES; COMMUNITY WELLS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; MATRIX; NUMERICAL FLOW MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELING; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPARSE DATA; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREAS;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PROTECTED AREA; RECHARGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GOVERNMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIBRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 49649114118     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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