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The aim of the joint research project is to generate information from airborne geophysical measurements that are properly transferred from physically quantitative descriptions of the subsurface (electrical conductivities, densities, susceptibilities) into spatial structures and information matching the understanding of end-users: geologists, hydrogeologists, engineers and others. We suggest new types of inversion, which are integrated in the interactive workflow to support typical trial and error approaches of inverse and forward EM and gravity/magnetic field modelling for 1D and 3D cases. Subsequently, we combine resistivity and density models with geological 3D subsurface models. The integrated workflow minimizes uncertainties in the interpretation of geophysical data and allows a significantly improved and fast interpretation and imaging of the 3D subsurface architecture. The results of the AIDA project demonstrate that combined 3D geological and geophysical models enable a much better reconstruction of the subterraneous space. AIDA stands for “From Airborne Data Inversion to In-Depth Analysis” and is part of the R&D program: Tomography of the Earth’s Crust—From Geophysical Sounding to Real-Time Monitoring.
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The AIDA-Verbundprojekt is part of the support program GEOTECHNOLOGIEN of the BMBF: “Tomography of the Earth’s Crust—From Geophysical Sounding to Real-Time Monitoring”. We appreciate the financial support of our project by the BMBF and its administration by the Projektträger Jülich.
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Götze, HJ. et al. (2014). Towards an Integrative Inversion and Interpretation of Airborne and Terrestrial Data. In: Weber, M., Münch, U. (eds) Tomography of the Earth’s Crust: From Geophysical Sounding to Real-Time Monitoring. Advanced Technologies in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04205-3_2
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