An empirical model for the complex dielectric permittivity of soils as a function of water content

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-18, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 288-295

  Wang, James R ^a   Schmugge, Thomas J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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SOILS;

EID: 0019076597     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1980.350304     Document Type: Article

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