Electromagnetic inversion of GPR signals and subsequent hydrodynamic inversion to estimate effective vadose zone hydraulic properties

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1072-1081

  Lambot, S ^a   Antoine, M ^a   van den Bosch, I ^a   Slob, E C ^b   Vanclooster, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; HORN ANTENNAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOISTURE; RADAR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INVERSION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SIGNALS; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; STEPPED FREQUENCY CONTINUOUS WAVES; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC HORNS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 29944438119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1072     Document Type: Article

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