Ensemble Kalman filter versus ensemble smoother for assessing hydraulic conductivity via tracer test data assimilation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1517-1531

  Crestani, E ^a   Camporese, M ^a   Bau D ^b   Salandin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ENSEMBLE SMOOTHER; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GAUSSIAN PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; LAGRANGIAN FORMULATIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SYNTHETIC AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; KALMAN FILTERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFER; DATA ASSIMILATION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KALMAN FILTER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84879055891     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1517-2013     Document Type: Article

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