Interpretation of resistivity sounding measurements in N-layer soil using electrostatic images

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1349-1354

  Lagace P J ^a,b   Fortin, J ^a,b   Crainic, E D ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grounding; Image; Multi layer soil; Resistivity; Resistivity interpretation; Resistivity measurements

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROSTATICS; GROUNDING ELECTRODES; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS;

ELECTROSTATIC IMAGES; LEAST SQUARED MINIMIZATION; N LAYER SOIL; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; RESISTIVITY SOUNDING MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRIC GROUNDING;

EID: 0030196522     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.517490     Document Type: Article

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