Application of Terahertz radiation to soil measurements: Initial results

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9973-9988

  Dworak, Volker ^a   Augustin, Sven ^b   Gebbers, Robin ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buried objects; Imaging; Soil absorption; Soil parameters; Soil sensor; THz; Transmission measurement

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CARROT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FABACEAE; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOIL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABSORPTION; DAUCUS CAROTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FABACEAE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOIL; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 80055016566     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111009973     Document Type: Article

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