A reconfigurative approach for SF-GPR prospecting

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 8 II, 2008, Pages 2673-2680

  Persico, Raffaele ^a   Prisco, Giancarlo ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy modulation; Impedance matching; Stepped frequency ground penetrating radar (SF GPR)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; RADAR;

BOW-TIE ANTENNAS; ENERGY MODULATION; FREQUENCY BEHAVIORS; GPR PROSPECTING; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING; IMPEDANCE PARAMETERS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; STEPPED FREQUENCIES; STEPPED FREQUENCY GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (SF-GPR);

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 49549115930     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.927516     Document Type: Article

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