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Optimal space-time coverage and exploration costs in groundwater monitoring networks

dc.contributor.authorNunes, LM
dc.contributor.authorCunha, MC
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, L
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:52:38Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:52:38Z
dc.date.issued2004-05
dc.description.abstractA method to determine the optimal subset of stations from a reference level groundwater monitoring network is proposed. The method considers the redundancy of data from historical time series, the times associated with the total distance required to run through the entire monitoring network, and the sum of the times for each monitoring station. The method was applied to a hypothetical case-study consisting of a monitoring network with 32 stations. Cost-benefit analysis was performed to determine the number of stations to include in the new design versus loss of information. This optimisation problem was solved with simulated annealing. Results showed that the relative reduction in exploration costs more than compensates for the relative loss in data representativeness.
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/B:EMAS.0000016795.91968.13
dc.identifier.issn0167-6369
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11138
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectTraveling salesman problems
dc.subjectAreal rainfall estimation
dc.subjectOptimal sampling schemes
dc.subjectWaste management sites
dc.subjectAquifer remediation
dc.subjectEngineering design
dc.subjectRegionalized variables
dc.subjectRegulatory policy
dc.subjectOptimal selection
dc.subjectLocal estimation
dc.titleOptimal space-time coverage and exploration costs in groundwater monitoring networks
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage124
oaire.citation.issue01-mar
oaire.citation.startPage103
oaire.citation.titleEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment
oaire.citation.volume93
rcaap.rightsopenAccess
rcaap.typearticle

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