Inferring aquifer storage parameters using satellite and in situ measurements: Estimation under uncertainty

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Sun, Alexander Y ^a   Green, Ronald ^a   Rodell, Matthew ^b   Swenson, Sean ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER STORAGE; CENTRAL TEXAS; DATA UNCERTAINTY; ESTIMATION PROBLEM; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT DATUM; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL CALIBRATION; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION PROCESS; PUMPING TESTS; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION METHOD; SPECIFIC YIELD; STUDY AREAS;

AQUIFERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AQUIFER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; NEW MEXICO; PECOS VALLEY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PECOS;

EID: 77953056460     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043231     Document Type: Article

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