Computational and conceptual issues in the calibration of seawater intrusion models;Problèmes conceptuels et de calibration des modèles d'intrusion marines

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-145

  Carrera, Jesús ^a   Hidalgo, Juan J ^a,b   Slooten, Luit J ^a,b   Vázquez Suñé, Enric ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Inverse modelling; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; INVERSE PROBLEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SALINE INTRUSION;

EID: 77952851351     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0524-1     Document Type: Article

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