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Resolution Analysis of Two Geophysical Imaging Methods for Characterizing and Monitoring Hydrologic Conditions in the Vadose. June 2007.

DE2007912660

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Brainard, J. R.; Alumbaugh, D. L.; La Brecque, D. J.; Hammond, G. L.
Page Count	73
Abstract	This research project analyzed the resolution of two geophysical imaging techniques, electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and cross-borehole ground penetrating radar (XBGPR), for monitoring subsurface flow and transport processes within the vadose zone. The study was based on petrophysical conversion of moisture contents and solute distributions obtained from unsaturated flow forward modeling. This modeling incorporated boundary conditions from a potable water and a salt tracer infiltration experiment performed at the Sandia-Tech Vadose Zone (STVZ) facility, and high-resolution spatial grids (6.25-cm spacing over a 1700-m domain) and incorporated hydraulic properties measured on samples collected from the STVZ. The analysis process involved petrophysical conversion of moisture content and solute concentration fields to geophysical property fields, forward geophysical modeling using the geophysical property fields to obtain synthetic geophysical data, and finally, inversion of this synthetic data. These geophysical property models were then compared to those derived from the conversion of the hydrologic forward modeling to provide an understanding of the resolution and limitations of the geophysical techniques.
Keywords	Geophysical surveys Hydrology Imaging techniques Environmental transport Monitoring Tomography Radar Modeling Boundary conditions Moisture content Infiltration Solutes Subsurface environments Vadose zone
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM.; Wisconsin Univ.-Madison.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Wisconsin Univ.-Madison. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200725
Contract Number	DE-AC04-94AL85000

Resolution Analysis of Two Geophysical Imaging Methods for Characterizing and Monitoring Hydrologic Conditions in the Vadose. June 2007.

Resolution Analysis of Two Geophysical Imaging Methods for Characterizing and Monitoring Hydrologic Conditions in the Vadose. June 2007.
DE2007912660

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Brainard, J. R.; Alumbaugh, D. L.; La Brecque, D. J.; Hammond, G. L.
Page Count	73
Abstract	This research project analyzed the resolution of two geophysical imaging techniques, electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and cross-borehole ground penetrating radar (XBGPR), for monitoring subsurface flow and transport processes within the vadose zone. The study was based on petrophysical conversion of moisture contents and solute distributions obtained from unsaturated flow forward modeling. This modeling incorporated boundary conditions from a potable water and a salt tracer infiltration experiment performed at the Sandia-Tech Vadose Zone (STVZ) facility, and high-resolution spatial grids (6.25-cm spacing over a 1700-m domain) and incorporated hydraulic properties measured on samples collected from the STVZ. The analysis process involved petrophysical conversion of moisture content and solute concentration fields to geophysical property fields, forward geophysical modeling using the geophysical property fields to obtain synthetic geophysical data, and finally, inversion of this synthetic data. These geophysical property models were then compared to those derived from the conversion of the hydrologic forward modeling to provide an understanding of the resolution and limitations of the geophysical techniques.
Keywords	Geophysical surveys Hydrology Imaging techniques Environmental transport Monitoring Tomography Radar Modeling Boundary conditions Moisture content Infiltration Solutes Subsurface environments Vadose zone
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM.; Wisconsin Univ.-Madison.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Wisconsin Univ.-Madison. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200725
Contract Number	DE-AC04-94AL85000