Estimation of relative permittivity of shallow soils by using the ground penetrating radar response from different buried targets

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 435-439

  Capineri, L ^a   Daniels, D J ^b   Falorni, P ^a   Lopera, O L ^c   Windsor, C G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ERA TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Military School   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; METAL DETECTORS; PERMITTIVITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERISTIC; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LAND MINE DETECTION; PROCESSING PROCEDURES; RADAR DETECTORS; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

SOILS;

EID: 84898994263     PISSN: 15599450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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