A DISCRIMINATIVE-GENERATIVE APPROACH TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBSURFACE CONTAMINANT SOURCE ZONES Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Large-scale contamination of ground water due to improper disposal of hazardous chemicals poses a global threat to drinking water supplies. Effective restoration and remediation of such sites relies upon a knowledge of the contaminant's distribution within the subsurface. Obtaining a detailed map of the existing distribution is usually not feasible; rather partial knowledge in terms of certain metrics that characterize the distribution has recently been shown to be sufficient for planning and monitoring remediation strategies. In this work we explore the prediction of a representative metric based upon down-gradient concentration profiles using a classification framework where each class represents a particular sub-range of the metric. Initial experiments show that our proposed model can be used effectively for predicting the metric. 2012 IEEE.

name of conference

  • 2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

published proceedings

  • 2012 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS)

author list (cited authors)

  • Ahmed, B., Mendoza-Sanchez, I., Khardon, R., Abriola, L., & Miller, E. L.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Ahmed, Bilal||Mendoza-Sanchez, Itza||Khardon, Roni||Abriola, Linda||Miller, Eric L

publication date

  • July 2012