Macroscopic cellular automata for groundwater modelling: A first approach

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 634-643

  Ravazzani, G ^a   Rametta, D ^b   Mancini, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Groundwater model; Physically based

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; GROUNDWATER MODEL; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; GROUNDWATER MODELS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; MODFLOW; PHYSICALLY BASED; REGULAR LATTICE; SIMULATION TIME; SPACE AND TIME; STEADY STATE; TRANSIENT STATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING;

EID: 79251600450     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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