Inverting surface GPR data using FDTD simulation and automatic detection of reflections to estimate subsurface water content and geometry

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Buchner, Jens S ^a   Wollschläger, Ute ^b,c   Roth, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crosscorrelation; Finite difference; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Hydrology; Inversion

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CROSS CORRELATIONS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; FULL-WAVEFORM INVERSION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); INVERSION;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INVERSION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDROLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84864111689     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0467.1     Document Type: Article

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