Frequency analysis of time-domain reflectometry (TDR) with application to dielectric spectroscopy of soil constituents

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 707-718

  Friel, Richard ^a,b   Or, Dani ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ON SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL METHOD; SOIL; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 0033133609     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444580     Document Type: Article

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