Remote sensing of soil moisture content by GPR signal processing in the frequency domain

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2432-

  Benedetto, Andrea ^a   Benedetto, Francesco ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frequency domain; ground penetrating radar (GPR); intelligent sensors for applications; remote sensing; soil moisture content

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; HIGH ORDER; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; POROUS MEDIUM;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 80051908800     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2119478     Document Type: Article

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