Fast evaluation of zero-offset Green's function for layered media with application to ground-penetrating radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Lambot, Sébastien ^a,b   Slob, Evert C ^c   Vereecken, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELLIPTIC INTEGRATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALGORITHM; DATA INVERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LAYERED MEDIUM; MODELING;

EID: 38549100237     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031459     Document Type: Article

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