Using time-lapse gravity for groundwater model calibration: An application to alluvial aquifer storage

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Christiansen, L ^a   Binning, P J ^a   Rosbjerg, D ^a   Andersen, O B ^a   Bauer Gottwein, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS; GRAVITATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUPLED HYDROGEOPHYSICAL INVERSIONS; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; GROUNDWATER MODEL CALIBRATIONS; GROUNDWATER MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PARAMETER CORRELATION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; CORRELATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; INFILTRATION; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 79958777387     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009859     Document Type: Article

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