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Constales et al. 2003
Constales, D., Kacur, J. and Malengier, B. (2003). A precise numerical scheme for contaminant transport in dual-well flow. Water Resources Research 39: doi: 10.1029/2003WR002411. issn: 0043-1397.

A precise numerical method is developed for the simulation of contaminant transport in dual-well flow. Our main motivation is the determination of model parameters by means of dual-well tests. The method presented here guarantees a very low level of numerical dispersion. We have applied a bipolar transformation to the transport equation so that the convective term is parallel to one of the axes. In the time stepping, we split the transport and diffusion parts: the transport part is semianalytically solved (thanks to the bipolar transformation) via a multiple Riemann problem, and the diffusion part is solved using a finite volume method. Examples are provided to show that the method is suitable for parameter identification.

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Mathematical Geophysics, Numerical solutions, Mathematical Geophysics, Modeling, Hydrology, Groundwater transport, Hydrology, Unsaturated zone
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Water Resources Research
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