A simple closed-form solution for assessing concentration uncertainty

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  De Barros, F P J ^a   Fiori, Aldo ^b   Bellin, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ANISOTROPIC FORMATIONS; APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; CLOSED FORM; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; CONCENTRATION MOMENTS; FIRST-ORDER; HOMOGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; IN-LINE; MINIMUM COST; NON-REACTIVE TRACER; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; SCREENING TOOL; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS; TWO-PARTICLE CORRELATIONS;

POROUS MATERIALS; RISK ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOW PATTERN; HOMOGENEITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TRACER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855429661     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011107     Document Type: Article

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