Reducing the complexity of inverse analysis of time domain reflectometry waveforms

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-36

  Shuai, Xiufu ^a,b   Wendroth, Ole ^b   Lu, Caicheng ^c   Ray, Chittaranjan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FULL MODELS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LOW-FREQUENCY RANGES; NETWORK ANALYZERS; NONSEPARABLE; PROBE RODS; SILT LOAM SOILS; THEORETICAL VALUES; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRAVEL TIME; TWO-SECTION MODELS; WAVE FORMS;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; COAXIAL CABLES; ELECTRIC CABLES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PROBES; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SILT; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMPLEXITY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRAVEL TIME; WATER CONTENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 60549108394     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0085     Document Type: Article

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