Accuracy of frequency domain analysis scenarios for the determination of complex dielectric permittivity

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Huisman, J A ^a,c   Bouten, W ^a   Vrugt, J A ^a   Ferre P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric permittivity; Dielectric spectroscopy; Frequency domain analysis; Soil water content; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY; SALINE WATER; SOIL TESTING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT DETERMINATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

ALGORITHM; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 1642333229     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001601     Document Type: Article

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