Using unscented Kalman filter in subsurface contaminant transport models

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-22

  Chang, S Y ^a   Sayemuzzaman, M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Error standard deviation (ESD); Kalman filter (KF); Stochastic process; Unscented Kalman filter (UKF)

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TRACKING;

EID: 84897017487     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201400253     Document Type: Article

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