Aquifer Response to Linearly Varying Stream Stage
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Volume 8, Issue 6
Abstract
The determination of aquifer diffusivity from water level observations in various wells close to a stream, in response to a linear increase in the stream stage, is discussed. It is noted that an earlier analytical solution proposed for this problem is incorrect. A recently proposed explicit expression for diffusivity, based on this erroneous solution, is analyzed and more accurate expressions are derived. The correct analytical solution is listed and new approximate expressions are suggested for explicit evaluation of diffusivity from water level measurements.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 8 • Issue 6 • November 2003
Pages: 361 - 364
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jun 27, 2002
Accepted: Jun 2, 2003
Published online: Oct 15, 2003
Published in print: Nov 2003
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