Exact sensitivity matrix and influence of the number of pilot points in the geostatistical inversion of moment equations of groundwater flow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Riva, Monica ^a   Guadagnini, Alberto ^a   De Gaspari, Francesca ^a,b,c   Alcolea, Andres ^d,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e TK CONSULT AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; FORMAL MODEL; GEOSTATISTICAL; GEOSTATISTICAL INVERSION; HEAD FIELDS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INFORMATION CRITERION; KRIGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION; MEAN FLOW; MOMENT EQUATIONS; NATURAL LOGARITHMS; NOVEL EQUATION; OPTIMUM NUMBER; PARAMETERIZED; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; SENSITIVITY MATRIX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE; STOCHASTIC MOMENTS; VARIOGRAMS;

ALGEBRA; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PROBABILITY;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 78249283569     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008476     Document Type: Article

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