Inverse scattering method in electromagnetic sounding theory

Abstract

The problem of reconstructing the medium characteristics from electromagnetic reflection data under excitation by plane waves is considered. The authors discuss exact methods based on analytical solution of the one-dimensional inverse scattering problem for a horizontally layered medium highlighting the simultaneous inversion of more than one parameter. Inversion methods for the one-dimensional magnetotelluric problems are also examined, including reconstructing the piece-wise continuous parameters.