Estimating moisture contents in the vadose zone using cross-borehole ground penetrating radar: A study of accuracy and repeatability

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 45-1-45-12

  Alumbaugh, David ^a   Chang, Ping Yu ^a   Paprocki, Lee ^b,c,d   Brainard, James R ^b   Glass, Robert J ^b   Rautman, Christopher A ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Komex   (United States)

Author keywords

GPR; Moisture content; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS) ERROR;

MOISTURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOREHOLE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0036998880     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000754     Document Type: Article

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