Analysis of air-launched ground-penetrating radar techniques to measure the soil surface water content

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Lambot, Sébastien ^a,b   Weihermüller, Lutz ^a   Huisman, Johan A ^a   Vereecken, Harry ^a   Vanclooster, Marnik ^b   Slob, Evert C ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA EFFECTS; CRITICAL REFERENCE MEASUREMENTS; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR (PEC);

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33846385082     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005097     Document Type: Article

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