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Peter K. Kitanidis

Peter K. Kitanidis

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
75
Citations
19169
World Ranking
755
National Ranking
259

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Peter K. Kitanidis is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions in ocean engineering, environmental engineering, artificial intelligence, water science and technology, and ecology.

The main topics of research covered by Kitanidis include groundwater flow and contamination studies, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, hydrology and sediment transport processes, flood risk assessment and management, hydrology and watershed management studies, evacuation and crowd dynamics, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Frequent coauthors with Kitanidis include Jonghyun Lee, Matthew W. Farthing, Eric Darve, Tyler Hesser, and Simon Meunier.

Kitanidis has published multiple papers in various academic venues. Selected recent papers are:

  • Hydrogeophysical Characterization of Nonstationary DNAPL Source Zones by Integrating a Convolutional Variational Autoencoder and Ensemble Smoother, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • Integrating deep learning-based data assimilation and hydrogeophysical data for improved monitoring of DNAPL source zones during remediation, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Improved Characterization of DNAPL Source Zones via Sequential Hydrogeophysical Inversion of Hydraulic-Head, Self-Potential and Partitioning Tracer Data, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Deep learning technique for fast inference of large-scale riverine bathymetry, 2020, Advances in Water Resources
  • Sensitivity Analysis of Photovoltaic Pumping Systems for Domestic Water Supply, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Kitanidis has published frequently in venues including arXiv (Cornell University), Water Resources Research, Research Square, Advances in Water Resources, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

In recognition of their contributions, Kitanidis was named Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Introduction to Geostatistics: Applications in Hydrogeology

    P. K. Kitanidis

  • A geostatistical approach to the inverse problem in groundwater modeling (steady state) and one‐dimensional simulations

    Peter K. Kitanidis;Efstratios G. Vomvoris

  • Quasi‐Linear Geostatistical Theory for Inversing

    Peter K. Kitanidis

  • Unbiased minimum-variance linear state estimation

    Peter K. Kitanidis

  • The concept of the Dilution Index

    Peter K. Kitanidis

  • An Application of the Geostatistical Approach to the Inverse Problem in Two-Dimensional Groundwater Modeling

    Robert J. Hoeksema;Peter K. Kitanidis

  • Parameter Uncertainty in Estimation of Spatial Functions: Bayesian Analysis

    Peter K. Kitanidis

  • A comparison of seven geostatistically based inverse approaches to estimate transmissivities for modeling advective transport by groundwater flow

    D. A. Zimmerman;G. de Marsily;G. de Marsily;C. A. Gotway;M. G. Marietta

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremedation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 2. Reduction of u(VI) and geochemical control of u(VI) bioavailability.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Terry Gentry;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Prediction by the method of moments of transport in a heterogeneous formation

    Peter K. Kitanidis

  • Real‐time forecasting with a conceptual hydrologic model: 1. Analysis of uncertainty

    Peter K. Kitanidis;Rafael L. Bras

  • A geostatistical approach to contaminant source identification

    Mark F. Snodgrass;Peter K. Kitanidis

  • Determination of the effective hydraulic conductivity for heterogeneous porous media using a numerical spectral approach: 1. Method

    Bruce B. Dykaar;Peter K. Kitanidis

  • In situ bioreduction of uranium (VI) to submicromolar levels and reoxidation by dissolved oxygen.

    Weimin Wu;Jack M Carley;Jian Luo;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Maximum likelihood parameter estimation of hydrologic spatial processes by the Gauss-Newton method

    Peter K. Kitanidis;Robert W. Lane

  • Characterization of mixing and dilution in heterogeneous aquifers by means of local temporal moments

    Olaf A. Cirpka;Peter K. Kitanidis

  • Estimation of historical groundwater contaminant distribution using the adjoint state method applied to geostatistical inverse modeling

    Anna M. Michalak;Anna M. Michalak;Peter K. Kitanidis

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremediation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 1. Conditioning of a treatment zone.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Michael Fienen;Tonia Mehlhorn

  • In Situ BTEX Biotransformation under Enhanced Nitrate- and Sulfate-Reducing Conditions

    M. Reinhard;S. Shang;P. K. Kitanidis;E. Orwin

  • Analysis of one‐dimensional solute transport through porous media with spatially variable retardation factor

    Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos;Peter K. Kitanidis;Paul V. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig S. Criddle
Craig S. Criddle Stanford University
Olaf A. Cirpka
Olaf A. Cirpka University of Tübingen
Eric Darve
Eric Darve Stanford University
Wei-Min Wu
Wei-Min Wu Stanford University
Philip M. Jardine
Philip M. Jardine University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Massimo Rolle
Massimo Rolle Technical University of Darmstadt
David B. Watson
David B. Watson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Warren Barrash
Warren Barrash Boise State University
Perry L. McCarty
Perry L. McCarty Stanford University
Baohua Gu
Baohua Gu Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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