Unsaturated zone characterization in soil through transient wetting and drying using GPR joint time-frequency analysis and grayscale images

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Lai, W L ^a   Kou, S C ^a   Poon, C S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Grayscale images; Ground penetrating radar; Joint time frequency analysis; Pixel profile; Unsaturated zone; Wetting and drying

Indexed keywords

GRAY-SCALE IMAGES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; JOINT TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED ZONE; WETTING AND DRYING;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; PIXELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WETTING;

INFILTRATION;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; TOPSOIL; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84863103474     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.044     Document Type: Article

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