Improvement in GPR coherent noise attenuation using τ and wavelet transforms

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 789-802

  Nuzzo, Luigia ^a   Quarta, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Filters; Geophysical signal processing; Ground penetrating radar; Noise abatement; Performance evaluation; Radon transforms; Wavelet transforms

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; NOISE ABATEMENT; RADON; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SURFACE SCATTERING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DIRECTIONAL FILTERING; GEOPHYSICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RADON TRANSFORM; 2D FREQUENCY DOMAINS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 33744923143     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1759465     Document Type: Article

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