Ground-penetrating radar detection and three-dimensional mapping of lateral macropores: I calibration

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1226-1235

  Gormally, Kevin H ^a,b   McIntosh, Marla S ^a   Mucciardi, Anthony N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TreeRadar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; IN-SITU; MACRO-POROSITY; MACROPORES; PIPE NETWORKS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PIPES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PVC PIPES; SCAN DATA; SCAN LINE; SOIL SURFACES; STREAM BANKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MAPPING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PIPE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RADAR ANTENNAS; SOILS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACKING RADAR;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CHLORIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMETER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INSTABILITY; MACROPORE; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL TYPE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 83155182052     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0339     Document Type: Article

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