High Dielectric Constant Microwave Probes for Sensing Soil Moisture

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1974, Pages 93-98

  Birchak, J Robert ^a   Gardner, C Gerald ^a   Hipp, Jackie E ^a   Victor, Joe M ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - PERMITTIVITY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES, DIELECTRIC;

SOILS;

METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE; PERMEABILITY; SOIL;

EID: 0015981688     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1974.9388     Document Type: Article

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