Measuring spectral dielectric properties using gated time domain transmission measurements

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 424-432

  Chawn Harlow, R ^a   Burke, Eleanor J ^a   Ferré, Ty P A ^a   Bennett, John C ^b   James Shuttleworth, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL CABLES; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PERMITTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; LONG TRANSMISSION LINES; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; TIME-DOMAIN TRANSMISSION; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 21244445324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2003.4240     Document Type: Article

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