Performance analysis of statistical spatial measures for contaminant plume characterization toward risk-based decision making

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3119-3132

  Boso, F ^a   De Barros, F P J ^b   Fiori, A ^c   Bellin, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

contaminant transport; goal oriented model development; risk assessment; spatial statistics; stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; HYDROGEOLOGY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONCENTRATION PREDICTION; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; GOAL ORIENTED MODELING; PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BASED DECISION MAKING; SPATIAL STATISTICS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AQUIFER; DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; TRACER;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878389246     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20270     Document Type: Article

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