Estimation of field-scale soil hydraulic and dielectric parameters through joint inversion of GPR and hydrological data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Kowalsky, M B ^a   Finsterle, S ^a   Peterson, J ^a   Hubbard, S ^a   Rubin, Y ^b   Majer, E ^a   Ward, A ^c   Gee, G ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; SOILS;

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE); DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; SOIL HYDRAULICS; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

HYDRAULICS;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULICS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 29944445728     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004237     Document Type: Article

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