A Markov chain model for characterizing medium heterogeneity and sediment layering structure

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Ye, Ming ^a   Khaleel, Raziuddin ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fluor Government Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLUID FLUXES; GEOPHYSICAL DATUMS; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENTS; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; MARKOV CHAINS; MEAN LENGTHS; MEDIUM HETEROGENEITIES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE MOVEMENTS; MOISTURE PLUMES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; SAND LAYERS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SITE CHARACTERIZATIONS; SOIL CLASSES; SOIL HETEROGENEITIES; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; STRATIFIED SOILS; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; VADOSE ZONES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

HETEROGENEITY; MARKOV CHAIN; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIGRAPHY; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 55249095829     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006924     Document Type: Article

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