Soil layering and preferential flow impacts on seasonal changes of GPR signals in two contrasting soils

Geoderma

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 560-569

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Lin, Henry ^a   Doolittle, James ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Preferential flow; Reflection coefficient; Soil layering; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SOIL LAYERINGS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

BEDROCK; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGEOLOGY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; REFLECTANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 84885367037     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.08.035     Document Type: Article

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