Near-field dipole radiation dynamics through FDTD modeling

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 75-91

  Radzevicius, Stanley J ^a   Chen, Chi Chih ^b   Peters Jr , Leon ^b   Daniels, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a ENSCO INC   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipole antennas; FDTD modeling; GPR; Radiation patterns

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; WAVEFRONTS;

DIPOLE RADIATIONS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

ANTENNA; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037300754     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(02)00241-0     Document Type: Article

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