Modeling near-field GPR in three dimensions using the FDTD method

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1114-1126

  Roberts, Roger L ^a   Daniels, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a GSSI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; RADAR ANTENNAS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) TECHNIQUE; NEAR FIELD GROUND PENETRATING RADAR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

ELECTROMAGNETICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GPR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; TIME DOMAIN;

EID: 0031180168     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444212     Document Type: Article

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