Programme

Recall on the analysis of data of geophysical interest in the Python environment.
Laboratory, field and satellite measurement techniques. Electrical and magnetic properties of geomaterials. Electrical and magnetic measurements in the time and frequency domain. Laboratory activities: use of the LCR bridge and the Vector Network Analyzer for dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability measurements. Electromagnetic propagation in geomaterials. Satellite and subsurface radar: theoretical bases and applications in the environmental field. Laboratory activities: Data analysis techniques and estimation of physical parameters; inversion methods.

Core Documentation

Lecture notes;

Reference Bibliography

John F. Claerbout, Imaging the Earth's Interior, Blackwell A. R. Von Hippel, Dielectric and Waves, John Wiley & Sons. G. Franceschetti, Campi Elettromagnetici, Bollati Borringhieri Long and Ulaby, Microwave Radar and Radiometric Remote Sensing, Artech House A. Sihvola, Electromagnetic Mixing Formulas and Applications, IET

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lessons with the use of slides that are contextually distributed to students. Three geophysics experiments are described in detail that students must conduct on their own. For each experiment, students are asked to: organize the experiment, acquire the data, analyze the data through the use of dedicated software (Matlab), interpret the results. For each experiment a detailed laboratory report is required which will be evaluated for the final verification.

Type of evaluation

The final exam takes place in a mixed form; contribute to the evaluation the laboratory activity, through the verification of the laboratory reports that are individually evaluated, and the final oral test in which is asked to the student to describe the theoretical foundations of the measurements carried out in the various experiments and to discuss the obtained results.