Probabilistic assessment of seawater intrusion under multiple sources of uncertainty

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-104

  Riva, M ^a,b   Guadagnini, A ^a,b   Dell'Oca, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Polynomial chaos expansion; Probability distribution; Seawater intrusion; Uncertainty quantification

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; GENERALIZED POLYNOMIAL CHAOS; MARGINAL PROBABILITY; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; POLYNOMIAL CHAOS EXPANSION; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; COASTAL AQUIFER; PROBABILITY; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84949116908     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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