Estimation of the number of frequencies and bandwidth for the surface measurement of soil moisture as a function of depth

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 964-970

  Holdem, John R ^a   Keam, Richard B ^a   Schoonees, Johann A ^a  

^a Keam Holdem Associates Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCIES; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL TESTING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; QUANTIZATION ERROR; RADIO WAVE REFLECTION; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVES;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0034294128     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.872915     Document Type: Article

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