Aquifer parameter estimation using an incremental area method

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2584-2596

  Avci, Cem B ^a   Ufuk Sahin A ^a   Çiftçi, Emin ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Incremental area method; Parameter estimation; Pumping test

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS; AQUIFER PARAMETER ESTIMATION; AQUIFER PARAMETERS; AQUIFER PUMP TEST; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; AREA METHOD; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DISCRETE TIME; FIELD DATA; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; PUMP TESTS; PUMPING TEST; TIME INTEGRALS; WELL FUNCTION;

AQUIFERS; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PUMPS; WATER LEVELS; WATER WELLS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 79960454099     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8029     Document Type: Article

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