A numerical analysis of the effects of coatings and gaps upon relative dielectric permittivity measurement with time domain reflectometry

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1455-1460

  Knight, J H ^a   Ferre P A ^b   Rudolph, D L ^b   Kachanoski, R G ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBES; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SEPARATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC COATINGS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; FLUID-FILLED; HIGH DIELECTRICS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARALLEL WIRES; RELATIVE DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

PERMITTIVITY;

CORRECTION; DIELECTRIC COATING; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; FLUID FILLED GAP; MEASUREMENT ERROR; TDR;

EID: 0030616507     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00435     Document Type: Article

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