System and method of making environmental measurements
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1. A method comprising:
- distributing a plurality of transmitters among different locations;
distributing a plurality of receivers at different structures among different locations;
collecting signals received at the plurality of receivers in response to activating the plurality of transmitters, the collected signals used to generate a ratio;
generating the ratio from signals of the collected signals measured at the different structures, the structures subject to perturbative environmental effects and the ratio selected to compensate for the perturbative environmental effects, the signals related to an underground region; and
performing an inversion operation on the generated ratio to determine parameters of the underground region, wherein for receivers j and k of the plurality of receivers and for transmitters i and k of the plurality of transmitters, the generated ratio includes
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Abstract
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to operate with respect to environmental measurements. Apparatus and methods include a processing unit to generate a ratio from signals measured relating to an underground environment and to determine parameters of the underground environment based on the generated ratio.
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1. A method comprising:
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distributing a plurality of transmitters among different locations; distributing a plurality of receivers at different structures among different locations; collecting signals received at the plurality of receivers in response to activating the plurality of transmitters, the collected signals used to generate a ratio; generating the ratio from signals of the collected signals measured at the different structures, the structures subject to perturbative environmental effects and the ratio selected to compensate for the perturbative environmental effects, the signals related to an underground region; and performing an inversion operation on the generated ratio to determine parameters of the underground region, wherein for receivers j and k of the plurality of receivers and for transmitters i and k of the plurality of transmitters, the generated ratio includes - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a plurality of transmitters, the transmitters distributed among different locations; a plurality of receivers, the receivers at different structures distributed among different locations; and a processing unit to control activation of the transmitters and to process signals received from the receivers to operatively generate a ratio from the received signals measured at the different locations, the structures subject to perturbative environmental effects and the ratio selected to compensate for the perturbative environmental effects, the signals related to an underground region, and to operatively perform an inversion operation on the generated ratio to determine parameters of the underground region, wherein for receivers j and k of the plurality of receivers and for transmitters i and k of the plurality of transmitters, the generated ratio includes - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon, which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, the operations comprising operations to:
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activate a plurality of transmitters; collect signals received at a plurality of receivers in response to activating the plurality of transmitters, the collected signals used to generate a ratio; generate the ratio from signals of the collected signals measured at different structures distributed among different locations, the structures subject to perturbative environmental effects and the ratio selected to compensate for the perturbative environmental effects, the signals related to an underground region; and perform an inversion operation on the generated ratio to determine parameters of the underground region, wherein for receivers j and k of the plurality of receivers and for transmitters i and k of the plurality of transmitters, the generated ratio includes - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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