Electromagnetic parameters of dielectric and magnetic mixtures evaluated by time-domain reflectometry

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 730-734

  Mattei, Elisabetta ^a   De Santis, Alberto ^a   Di Matteo, Andrea ^b   Pettinelli, Elena ^b   Vannaroni, Giuliano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Permeability; Permittivity; Time domain reflectometry (TDR)

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FADING (RADIO); FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; IRON ORES; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETITE; METRIC SYSTEM; OXIDE MINERALS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATION; DO-MAINS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PARAMETERS; FREQUENCY ATTENUATIONS; FREQUENCY INDEPENDENTS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; LCR METERS; MAGNETITE CONTENTS; NETWORK ANALYZERS; PERMEABILITY; REFLECTOMETRY; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 55649104332     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.2004504     Document Type: Article

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