Virus transport through unsaturated zone: Analysis and parameter identification

Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-105

  Ojha, C S P ^a   Hari Prasad, K S ^a   Ratha, D N ^b   Surampalli, Rao Y ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Inactivation coefficient; Levenberg Marquard algorithm; Parameter estimation; Virus transport

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; FINITE VOLUME MODEL; FULLY IMPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCES; INACTIVATION COEFFICIENT; LEVENBERG-MARQUARD ALGORITHMS; MINIMIZATION PROBLEMS; MOISTURE FLOW; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PARAMETER ESTIMATION MODELS; PRIORI ESTIMATION; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS; UNSATURATED ZONE; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS TRANSPORT;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL MODELS; VIRUSES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADVECTION; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84860321215     PISSN: 21535493     EISSN: 21535515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000102     Document Type: Article

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