Efficient reconstruction of dispersive dielectric profiles using time domain reflectometry (TDR)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-232

  Leidenberger, P ^a   Oswald, B ^a,b   Roth, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; DISPERSIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 33845316776     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-209-2006     Document Type: Article

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