On parameterization of the inverse problem for estimating aquifer properties using tracer data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kowalsky, M B ^a   Finsterle, S ^a   Williams, K H ^a   Murray, C ^b   Commer, M ^a   Newcomer, D ^b   Englert, A ^c   Steefel, C I ^a   Hubbard, S S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PROPERTIES; CALIBRATION DATA; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD DATA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOSTATISTICAL; GRADIENT DIRECTION; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; INVERSE MODELING; INVERSION RESULTS; PROPERTY VALUE; REAL WORLD EXPERIMENT; REAL-WORLD COMPLEXITY; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

AQUIFERS; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PARAMETERIZATION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; INVERSE PROBLEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; TRACER; VARIOGRAM;

ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WINCHESTER;

EID: 84863448940     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011203     Document Type: Article

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