Measurements and modeling of through-the-earth communications for coal mines

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1979-1983

  Yan, Lincan ^a   Waynert, Joseph A ^a   Sunderman, Carl ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Loop antenna; magnetic field sensing; mine communication; through the earth (TTE)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSING; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; MINE COMMUNICATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTHS; THROUGH-THE-EARTH (TTE); THROUGH-THE-EARTH COMMUNICATIONS;

COAL MINES; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; FORECASTING; LOOP ANTENNAS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 84884615130     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2013.2260116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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