Inverse modelling for freshwater lens in small islands: Kish Island, Persian Gulf

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 2759-2773

  Ataie Ashtiani, Behzad ^a,b   Rajabi, Mohammad Mahdi ^a   Ketabchi, Hamed ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inverse modelling; Numerical modelling; Predictive analysis; Seawater intrusion; Small islands

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; CONSTRAINED NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; INVERSE MODELLING; PARAMETER NONUNIQUENESS; PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL ISLAND;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SALT WATER INTRUSION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENETIC ALGORITHM; INVERSE PROBLEM; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SALINE INTRUSION; SEMIARID REGION; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

HORMOZGAN; IRAN; KISH ISLAND;

EID: 84881554441     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9411     Document Type: Article

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