Optimization of multi-channel ground-penetrating radar for quantifying field-scale soil water dynamics

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-109

  Pan, Xicai ^a   Wollschläger, Ute ^a,b,c   Gerhards, Holger ^a   Roth, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Field scale soil water dynamics; Hydrology; Multi channel ground penetrating radar

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTENNA SEPARATION; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; FIELD SCALE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-OFFSET; NEAR-SURFACE; OPTIMAL ACCURACY; RADARGRAMS; RELATIVE DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS;

ANTENNAS; DYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; REFLECTION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDROLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84861527926     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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