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

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 63-71

  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

EXPLOSIVES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOILS;

BURIED TARGETS; ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERISTIC; ERA TECHNOLOGIES; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; RADAR DETECTORS; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

LANDMINE DETECTION;

EID: 84991363541     PISSN: 19376480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERL07122803     Document Type: Article

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