Design and Implementation of an Integrated High Resolution Imaging Ground Penetrating Radar for Water Pipeline Rehabilitation

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1239-1250

  Bimpas, Matthaios ^a   Amditis, Angelos ^a   Uzunoglu, Nikolaos K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision support system (DSS); Ground penetrating imaging radar (GPIR); Ultra wide band (UWB)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; EUROPEAN RESEARCH; GROUND PENETRATING IMAGING RADAR (GPIR); GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMAGING RADAR; INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT; NONINVASIVE METHODS; PIPELINE REHABILITATION; UNDERGROUND WATER; WATER LEAKAGE; WATER SAVING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH HAZARDS; PIPELINES; RADAR; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER PIPELINES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

RADAR IMAGING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PIPELINE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79952100094     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9631-y     Document Type: Article

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