Dissolved plume attenuation with DNAPL source remediation, aqueous decay and volatilization - Analytical solution, model calibration and prediction uncertainty

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 61-71

  Parker, Jack C ^a   Park, Eungyu ^b   Tang, Guoping ^c  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNAPL source zone model; Error analysis; Inverse solution; Penalty function; Prediction uncertainty; Prior information

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DISSOLUTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PREDICTION; REMEDIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CASE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; MASS; NOISE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 51349127470     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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