Estimation of unsaturated soil hydraulic parameters using the ensemble kalman filter

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1205-1227

  Li, Chao ^a   Ren, Li ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EnKF; Ensemble kalman filter; Levenberg marquardt; LM; PDF; Probability density function; SCE UA; Shuffled complex evolution

Indexed keywords

ENKF; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT; LM; PDF; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; SCE-UA; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION;

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; KALMAN FILTERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REAL TIME; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 82055175655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0159     Document Type: Article

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