Frequency dependence of the soil electromagnetic properties derived from ground-penetrating radar signal inversion

Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-87

  Lambot, Sébastien ^a,b   van den Bosch, Idesbald ^b   Stockbroeckx, Benoit ^c   Druyts, Pascal ^d   Vanclooster, Marnik ^b   Slob, Evert ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Mic6 Company   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Frequency dependence; Ground penetrating radar; Inverse modeling; Soil electromagnetic properties

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; HORN ANTENNAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SOILS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WATER;

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SIGNAL INVERSION; INVERSE MODELING; SOIL ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC HORN ANTENNAS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 19744362833     PISSN: 15660184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11220-005-4228-x     Document Type: Article

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