Dispersion inversion of electromagnetic pulse propagation within freezing and thawing soil waveguides

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Van Der Kruk, J ^a,b   Steelman, C M ^c   Endres, A L ^c   Vereecken, H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FREEZING; FROZEN SOILS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; RADAR; WAVEGUIDES;

DISPERSION CURVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE PROPAGATION; FREEZING AND THAWING; FROZEN GROUND; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LIQUID WATER; LOW-VELOCITY; MOIST SOIL; NON-INVASIVE; PERIGLACIAL; RADAR ENERGY; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; WAVEGUIDE LAYERS; WAVEGUIDE PROPERTIES;

THAWING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYOSPHERE; DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROZEN GROUND; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 72149107336     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039581     Document Type: Article

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