Search Results - "Woodbury, Allan D."

Urban heat island in the subsurface by Ferguson, Grant, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…The urban heat island effect has received significant attention in recent years due to the possible effect on long‐term meteorological records. Recent studies…”
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Perturbation of ground surface temperature reconstructions by groundwater flow? by Ferguson, Grant, Beltrami, Hugo, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…Subsurface temperatures have been shown to be a robust source of information on past climates. Most analyses neglect groundwater flow (GWF) and assume purely…”
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Contaminant source reconstruction by empirical Bayes and Akaike's Bayesian Information Criterion by Zanini, Andrea, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…The objective of the paper is to present an empirical Bayesian method combined with Akaike's Bayesian Information Criterion (ABIC) to estimate the contaminant…”
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Transient, spatially varied groundwater recharge modeling by Assefa, Kibreab Amare, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…The objective of this work is to integrate field data and modeling tools in producing temporally and spatially varying groundwater recharge in a pilot…”
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The Effects of Climatic Variability on Estimates of Recharge from Temperature Profiles by Ferguson, Grant, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…Using heat as a tracer allows for estimation of ground water recharge rates based on subsurface temperature measurements. While possible in theory, it may be…”
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Observations of northern latitude ground‐surface and surface‐air temperatures by Woodbury, Allan D., Bhuiyan, A. K. M. H., Hanesiak, John, Akinremi, O. O.

“…Note that the magnitude of temperature increases reconstructed from borehole records seems to contrast with some proxy based reconstructions of surface air…”
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Ground surface paleotemperature reconstruction using information measures and empirical Bayes by Woodbury, Allan D., Ferguson, Grant

“…We outline an empirical Bayesian approach to ground‐surface temperature (GST) reconstruction that utilizes Akaike's Bayesian information criterion (ABIC)…”
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Identification of transmissivity fields using a Bayesian strategy and perturbative approach by Zanini, Andrea, Tanda, Maria Giovanna, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…•A very fast identification method of transmissivity fields is presented; it is based on a stochastic approach and applied a Bayesian strategy.•Akaike's…”
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Minimum relative entropy, Bayes and Kapur by Woodbury, Allan D.

“…Summary The focus of this paper is to illustrate important philosophies on inversion and the similarly and differences between Bayesian and minimum relative…”
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Coupling Empirical Bayes and Akaike’s Bayesian Information Criterion to Estimate Aquifer Transmissivity Fields by Zanini, Andrea, D’Oria, Marco, Tanda, Maria Giovanna, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…In this work, an empirical Bayes method was applied to estimate highly parameterized transmissivity fields in 2D aquifers under conditions of steady flow. The…”
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Comment on "Entropy theory for derivation of infiltration equations" by Vijay P. Singh by Woodbury, Allan D.

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Effects of depth and material property variations on the ground temperature response to heating by a deep vertical ground heat exchanger in purely conductive media by Olfman, Maeir Zalman, Woodbury, Allan D., Bartley, Jonathan

“…This paper explores the depth dependence of the ground temperature response to heating by a deep vertical borehole ground heat exchanger by comparing…”
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Subsurface heat flow in an urban environment by Ferguson, Grant, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…The subsurface temperature field beneath Winnipeg, Canada, is significantly different from that of the surrounding rural areas. Downward heat flow to depths as…”
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Improved Recharge Estimation from Portable, Low‐Cost Weather Stations by Holländer, Hartmut M, Wang, Zijian, Assefa, Kibreab A, Woodbury, Allan D

“…Groundwater recharge estimation is a critical quantity for sustainable groundwater management. The feasibility and robustness of recharge estimation was…”
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Observed thermal pollution and post-development simulations of low-temperature geothermal systems in Winnipeg, Canada by Ferguson, Grant, Woodbury, Allan D

“…Two issues arise in the long-term use of groundwater for thermal purposes: (1) the sustainability of an individual system; and (2) the effect of neighbouring…”
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A full-Bayesian approach to the inverse problem for steady-state groundwater flow and heat transport by Jiang, Yefang, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…The full (hierarchal) Bayesian approach proposed by Woodbury & Ulrych and Jiang et al. is extended to the inverse problem for 2-D steady-state groundwater flow…”
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Evaluation of Land Surface Scheme SABAE-HW in Simulating Snow Depth, Soil Temperature and Soil Moisture within the BOREAS Site, Saskatchewan by Hejazi, Alireza, Woodbury, Allan D.

“…The Soil Atmosphere Boundary, Accurate Evaluation of Heat and Water (SABAE-HW) model is a multilayered, one-dimensional, physically based version of the…”
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Thermal sustainability of groundwater-source cooling in Winnipeg, Manitoba by Ferguson, Grant, Woodbury, Allan D

“…Groundwater from the Carbonate Rock Aquifer is extensively used for cooling purposes in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This paper examines the factors affecting the…”
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Transmissivity estimation for highly heterogeneous aquifers: comparison of three methods applied to the Edwards Aquifer, Texas, USA by Painter, Scott L, Woodbury, Allan D, Jiang, Yefang

“…Obtaining reliable hydrological input parameters is a key challenge in groundwater modeling. Although many quantitative characterization techniques exist,…”
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An Occam's razor view of the lead-lag dispute in global warming by Ulrych, Tadeusz J, Woodbury, Allan D

“…There can surely be no doubt that the global-mean surface air temperature and the concentrations of greenhouse gases (especially CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere…”
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