Accuracy and reproducibility of mapping surface soil water content with the ground wave of ground-penetrating radar

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-75

  Huisman, J A ^a,b   Bouten, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOILS;

DATA QUALITY; SOIL PERMITTIVITY; WATER CONTENT; ZERO OFFSETS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR;

EID: 4944240944     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4133/JEEG8.2.67     Document Type: Article

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