Aquifer heterogeneity characterization with oscillatory pumping: Sensitivity analysis and imaging potential

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5395-5410

  Cardiff, M ^a   Bakhos, T ^b   Kitanidis, P K ^b   Barrash, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

aquifer characterization; hydraulic tomography; periodic signals; phasor; steady periodic

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TESTING;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; HYDRAULIC TOMOGRAPHIES; PERIODIC SIGNAL; PHASOR; STEADY PERIODIC;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84883493103     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20356     Document Type: Article

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