Contaminant point source localization error estimates as functions of data quantity and model quality
S.K. Hansen, V.V. Vesselinov
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology2016DOI 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2016.09.003
Summary
We develop empirically-grounded error envelopes for localization of a point contamination release event in the saturated zone of a previously uncharacterized heterogeneous aquifer into which a number of plumeintercepting wells have been drilled. We assume that flow direction in the aquifer is known exactly and velocity is known to within a factor of two of our best guess from well observations prior to source identification.