Numerical analysis of step-drawdown tests: Parameter identification and uncertainty

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 165-179

  Louwyck, A ^a   Vandenbohede, A ^a   Lebbe, L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collinear diagnostics; Inverse numerical modelling; Parameter identification; Parameter uncertainty; Step drawdown test

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT LAYERS; ANALYSIS OF DATA; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AQUIFER PARAMETERS; AXISYMMETRIC; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DATA SETS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INTERPRETATION METHODS; INVERSE MODELS; LAYERED AQUIFER; LOSS COEFFICIENTS; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATION WELLS; PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PRIOR INFORMATION; RELIABILITY OF PARAMETERS; TEST DATA; TRANSMISSIVITY;

AQUIFERS; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CONFINED AQUIFER; DATA SET; DRAWDOWN; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIAL FLOW; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED FLOW; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 71849101889     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.10.034     Document Type: Article

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