Including diverse observations of exchange fluxes, tracer concentrations and residence times in groundwater model calibration results in more robust predictions than using only classical observations.
Numerical approximations and analysis
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Balancing Robustness and Cost in Hydrological Model Optimization
A new study presents a framework for finding the best optimization algorithm.
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Seeing Surface Water From Space
Satellite-based optical sensors can detect, measure and monitor changes in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and wetlands, providing useful data with multiple applications for science and society.
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Pedotransfer Functions Bring New Life to Earth System Modeling
A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes how currently available soil information furthers our understanding of soil processes and their integration in Earth system modeling.
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Testing a New Tool That Illuminates Tiny Fractures in Coal
A computational model outperforms a widely used microcomputed tomography imaging method in characterizing coal fractures.