Reduced complexity models for probabilistic forecasting of infiltration rates

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-382

  Wang, Peng ^a   Tartakovsky, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Ampt model; Risk assessment; Sorptivity; Stochastic; Uncertainty quantification; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

GREEN-AMPT MODEL; SORPTIVITY; STOCHASTIC; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION; VADOSE ZONE;

GROUNDWATER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMPLEXITY; FORECASTING METHOD; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RICHARDS EQUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL WATER; SORPTION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 79451472831     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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