Effects of near surface soil moisture profiles during evaporation on far-field ground-penetrating radar data: A numerical study

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Moghadas, Davood ^a   Jadoon, Khan Zaib ^b   Vanderborght, Jan ^a   Lambot, Sébastien ^c   Vereecken, Harry ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; APPARENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCIES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HEAT TRANSFER; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SAND; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; WATER VAPOR;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DATA SET; EVAPORATION; FLOW MODELING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 84878142292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0138     Document Type: Article

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