title: Developing Ground-Penetrating Radar for Quantitative Soil Hydrology
creator: Klenk, Patrick Thomas Philipp
subject: ddc-500
subject: 500 Natural sciences and mathematics
subject: ddc-530
subject: 530 Physics
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subject: 550 Earth sciences
description: Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a non-invasive electromagnetic geophysical method, which is sensitive to variations of subsurface dielectric properties. With this, GPR has become a versatile tool in various fields of geophysics and the soil science. In particular the determination of field-scale soil water content has drawn considerable research interest over the past decade. However, the quantifiability of achieved results remains often contested. In this thesis, three approaches for a quantitative use of GPR in soil hydrology are presented. First, a new calibration approach is developed for quantifying near-surface soil water contents with GPR and its applicability is demonstrated in field applications.  Second, the ability of GPR methods for monitoring soil water dynamics is tested in well-controlled field experiments featuring imbibition into and drainage from a known subsurface structure. Finally, GPR applications are demonstrated in the broader context of developing monitoring schemes at a set of representative sites in a highly structured watershed.
publisher: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
date: 2012-12-12
type: Dissertation
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identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00014329
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-143291
identifier:   Klenk, Patrick Thomas Philipp  (2012) Developing Ground-Penetrating Radar for Quantitative Soil Hydrology.  [Dissertation]     
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