Sensing perched water using ground-penetrating radar - A critical methodology examination

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 675-681

  Freeland, R S ^a,b   Reagan, J C ^a   Burns, R T ^a   Ammons, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Soil hydrology; Soil moisture profile; Water table sensor; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

BLIND TESTS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR);

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 0032206685     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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