Attenuation of the electromagnetic waves due to moist and wet snow

Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 99-104

  Fares, Mary A ^a   Fares, Said C ^a   Ventrice, Carl A ^b  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; MOISTURE CONTROL; REFRACTION; SNOW;

ATTENUATION; SCATTERING DIRECTION; SPHEROIDAL REPRESENTATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 34547678007     PISSN: 10910050     EISSN: 1558058X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SECON.2007.342863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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