A geostatistically based inverse model for electrical resistivity surveys and its applications to vadose zone hydrology

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 14-1-14-13

  Yeh, T C Jim ^a   Liu, S ^a,g   Glass, R J ^b,f   Baker, K ^c   Brainard, J R ^b,f   Alumbaugh, D ^d   LaBrecque, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e Multi Phase Technologies LLC   (United States)

^f SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g Allen Stephenson and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity tomography; Geostatistical inverse model; Resistivity moisture relation; Sequential successive linear estimator; Spatial variability; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGY; MOISTURE; SAMPLING; TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOSTATISTICAL INVERSE MODELS;

HYDROLOGY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOSTATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 0037004084     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr001204     Document Type: Article

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