Forward simulation of root's ground penetrating radar signal: Simulator development and validation

Plant and Soil

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 487-505

  Guo, Li ^a   Lin, Henry ^b   Fan, Bihang ^a   Cui, Xihong ^a   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward simulation; Ground penetrating radar; Limiting factors; Noninvasive; Root detection; Root quantification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOMASS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LIMITING FACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR IMAGERY; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84886283336     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1751-8     Document Type: Article

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