Necessary conditions for inverse modeling of flow through variably saturated porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-61

  Mao, Deqiang ^a,b   Yeh, Tian Chyi J ^b,c   Wan, Li ^a   Hsu, Kuo Chin ^c   Lee, Cheng Haw ^c   Wen, Jet Chau ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inverse problem; Necessary condition; Uniqueness; Variably saturated condition

Indexed keywords

FLOWTHROUGH; FLUX BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FORWARD PROBLEM; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INVERSE MODELING; MOISTURE RETENTION; NECESSARY CONDITION; NON-UNIQUE SOLUTIONS; PUMPING RATE; RESIDUAL WATER CONTENT; SATURATED WATER; SOLUTE MIGRATION; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; UNIQUENESS; UNSATURATED CONDITION; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VADOSE ZONE; VARIABLY SATURATED; VARIABLY-SATURATED CONDITION; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS; WATER FLOWS;

AQUIFERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; INVERSE PROBLEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84870206661     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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