A geostatistical approach for groundwater head monitoring network optimisation: Case of the Sfax superficial aquifer (Tunisia)

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 362-372

  Triki, Ibtissem ^a   Zairi, Moncef ^a   Ben Dhia, Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Estimation; Flow monitoring; Geostatistics; Groundwater; Mapping

Indexed keywords

CROSS-VALIDATION TESTS; FLOW MONITORING; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH; GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORKS; RATIONAL INTERPOLATION; VARIANCE OF ESTIMATES; WATER TABLE ELEVATION;

AQUIFERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AQUIFER; DEVELOPING WORLD; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC HEAD; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOMETER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COST; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA; WATER TABLE;

SFAX [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

EID: 84881661425     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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