Moisture effects on the dielectric properties of soils

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 125-128

  Curtis, John O ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY;

SOIL SAMPLES;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0035118475     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.898673     Document Type: Article

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