Numerical evaluation of uncertainty in water retention parameters and effect on predictive uncertainty

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-166

  Pan, Feng ^a,d   Ye, Ming ^b   Zhu, Jianting ^a   Wu, Yu Shu ^c   Hu, Bill X ^b   Yu, Zhongbo ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCOLATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REPOSITORY; RETENTION; SOIL WATER; TRACER; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 62149135705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0092     Document Type: Article

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