Determination of parameters of subsurface layers using GPR spectral inversion method

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7527-7533

  Huang, Zhong Lai ^a   Zhang, Jianzhong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Generalized reflection coefficient; ground penetrating radar (GPR); layered media; spectral inversion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; REFLECTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DETERMINATION OF PARAMETERS; ESTIMATED PARAMETER; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; LAYERED MEDIA; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SPECTRAL INVERSION; STOCHASTIC HILL-CLIMBING;

OPTIMIZATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LAYERED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903318081     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2313603     Document Type: Article

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