Using GPS to measure ground complex permittivity

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 254-255

  Kavak, A ^a   Vogel, W J ^a   Xu, Guanghan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIO RECEIVERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

GROUND SPECULAR REFLECTION;

FADING (RADIO);

EID: 0032484864     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980180     Document Type: Article

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