A finite-difference time-domain simulation tool for ground-penetrating radar antennas

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 971-987

  Lampe, Bernhard ^a   Holliger, Klaus ^a   Green, Alan G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; RADAR ANTENNAS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA SYSTEMS; PLANAR STRUCTURES; ANTENNA THEORY; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); GROUND PENETRATING RADAR ANTENNAS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS;

GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ANTENNA; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR;

EID: 0348021346     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1581069     Document Type: Article

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