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To predict the fate of groundwater contaminants, accurate spatially continuous information is needed. Because most field sampling of groundwater contaminants are not conducted spatially continuous manner, a special estimation technique is required to interpolate/extrapolate concentration distributions at unmeasured locations. A practical three-dimensional estimation method for in situ groundwater contaminant concentrations is introduced.
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- Robust Estimator
- Contaminant Plume
- Experimental Variograms
- Heterogeneous Aquifer
- Geostatistical Technique
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Kang, S., Stauffer, T.B., Hatfield, K. (1999). A Practical Estimation Technique for Spatial Distribution of Groundwater Contaminant. In: Chen, S., Li, X., Yong, J., Zhou, X.Y. (eds) Control of Distributed Parameter and Stochastic Systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35359-3_7
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