A distribution-based parametrization for improved tomographic imaging of solute plumes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 214-224

  Pidlisecky, Adam ^a   Singha, Kamini ^b   Day Lewis, Frederick D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Hydrogeophysics; Image processing; Inverse theory

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY; BACKGROUND IMAGE; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DESCRIPTORS; GEOMETRIC MOMENT; GEOPHYSICAL TOMOGRAPHIES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; IMAGE PIXELS; IN-SITU REMEDIATION; INVERSE THEORY; LIMITED DATA; MODEL ESTIMATES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PARAMETRIZATIONS; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; RADAR MONITORING; SOLUTE PLUMES; TIKHONOV; TOMOGRAPHIC DATA; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; TOTAL MASS; TRACER EXPERIMENT;

AQUIFERS; ESTIMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIXELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IMAGE PROCESSING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; SOLUTE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052969285     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05131.x     Document Type: Article

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