Stochastic evaluation of mass discharge from pointlike concentration measurements

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 36-47

  Schwede, Ronnie L ^a   Cirpka, Olaf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Groundwater; Mass discharge distribution; Steady state concentration

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CONCENTRATION DATA; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTROL PLANES; DECAY COEFFICIENTS; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; ESTIMATION RESULTS; FIRST-ORDER; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MASS-DISCHARGE; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; MULTI-LEVEL; NATURAL ATTENUATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY-STATE CONCENTRATIONS; STOCHASTIC EVALUATIONS; TEST CASE; TOTAL MASS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFERENCE ENGINES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

GROUND WATER;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 74849119944     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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