Travel time distributions derived from particle tracking in models containing weak sinks

Ground Water

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Visser, A ^a   Heerdink, R ^b   Broers, H P ^b   Bierkens, M F P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE MODELS; GROUND WATER MODELS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTIONS; PARTICLE TRACKING; REGIONAL SCALE; SUB CATCHMENTS; TRACKING ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT MODELS; TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS; TRAVEL TIME;

CATCHMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACKING; TRAVEL TIME;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 60849101095     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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