On the use of spatially distributed, time-lapse microgravity surveys to inform hydrological modeling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 7270-7288

  Piccolroaz, Sebastiano ^a   Majone, Bruno ^a   Palmieri, Francesco ^b   Cassiani, Giorgio ^c   Bellin, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

hydrological modeling; inverse modeling; microgravity; multiobjective optimization; Pareto front; water resources

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION; GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IDENTIFICATION OF MODEL; INVERSE MODELING; MICROGRAVITY MEASUREMENT; PARETO FRONT; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

PROCESS CONTROL;

CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALPS; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO; VERMIGLIANA CREEK;

EID: 84944358017     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR016994     Document Type: Article

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