Vertical radar profiles for the characterization of deep vadose zones

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1093-1105

  Cassiani, Giorgio ^a   Strobbia, Claudio ^b   Gallotti, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BOREHOLES; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; DEPTH PROFILING; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

CONTAMINATED SITES; FUNCTION OF TIME; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; MONTECARLO INVERSION; RICHARDS 'EQUATION; TRANSMITTING ANTENNA; VERTICAL RADAR PROFILES; VERTICAL RADAR PROFILING;

RADAR REFLECTION;

EID: 14844340475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1093     Document Type: Article

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