Estimating field-scale soil water dynamics at a heterogeneous site using multi-channel GPR

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4361-4372

  Pan, X ^a,c   Zhang, J ^b   Huang, P ^b   Roth, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; CROP HEIGHT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD SCALE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HEAVY RAINFALL; HETEROGENEOUS SOILS; MULTI-CHANNEL GPR; POINT MEASUREMENT; RADARGRAMS; REFLECTION BOUNDARIES; SAND DUNES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME SERIES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HETEROGENEITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84870183743     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-4361-2012     Document Type: Article

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