Calculation of the temporal gravity variation from spatially variable water storage change in soils and aquifers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 365, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 302-309

  Leirião, Sílvia ^a   He, Xin ^a   Christiansen, Lars ^a   Andersen, Ole B ^a   Bauer Gottwein, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquifer pump test; GRACE; Hydrological modelling; Model calibration; Time lapse gravity

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATLAB; PRISMS; PUMPS; SAILING VESSELS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER;

AQUIFER PUMP TEST; GRACE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; MODEL CALIBRATION; TIME-LAPSE GRAVITY;

GRAVITATION;

ALGORITHM; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CALIBRATION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY SURVEY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 59149092328     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.11.040     Document Type: Article

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