Near-surface soil water content measurements using horn antenna radar: Methodology and overview

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 500-510

  Serbin, Guy ^a   Or, Dani ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HORN ANTENNAS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR REFLECTION; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SPACE PLATFORMS; WATER CONTENT;

BENTONITE SURFACE; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); SOIL WATER CONTENT; SURFACE REFLECTIONS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VEGETATION BIOMASS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 9944241594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.4.500     Document Type: Article

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