Analysis of the performance of vegetation barriers to reduce electromagnetic pollution

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 651-663

  GoMez P ^a   Cuinas, I ^a   Alejos, A V ^a   SaNchez M G ^a   Gay FernaNdez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION LEVELS; CHARACTERISATION; ECOLOGICAL METHODS; ELECTRO MAGNETIC POLLUTION; FIELD LEVEL; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; PUBLIC FEARS; SENSITIVE AREA; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; VEGETATION SPECIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY BANDS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; VEGETATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 79957520693     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2010.0158     Document Type: Article

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