Research Article

Disturbances of Temperature-Depth Profiles by Surface Warming and Groundwater Flow Convection in Kumamoto Plain, Japan

Table 5

Sensitivity coefficients of subsurface temperature at x = 1000 m, 15,000 m, and 29,000 m to aquifer thermal diffusivity () and hydraulic conductivity ().

ParameterSensitivity coefficient (dimensionless) at x=Global sensitivity coefficient
1000 m15,000 m29,000 m

1.3880.4640.9810.944
0.3180.2650.7330.439