Measuring the soil water content profile of a sandy soil with an off-ground monostatic ground penetrating radar

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1063-1071

  Lambot, S ^a   Rhebergen, J ^b   van den Bosch, I ^a   Slob, E C ^c   Vanclooster, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUNDWATER; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MOISTURE; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HIGH OPERATING FREQUENCY; HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES; VARIABLE SOIL MOISTURES; WATER CONTENT PROFILES; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 18244362624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1063     Document Type: Article

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