Analysis of earth effects on transmitting and receiving antennas characteristics with applications in subsurface object detection systems

Author

Ang Yu ; Chaouch-Bouraoui, Skander ; Mihai Dimian

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Howard Univ., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This article provides an analysis of the earth effects on the transmitter and receiver antenna radiation patterns and their main characteristics. The soil moisture, soil structure and soil electrical properties are taking into account in this study. The results can be used for improving the design of the subsurface object detection system as well as for developing smart control adapted to the environmental conditions.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; moisture; object detection; receiving antennas; soil; transmitting antennas; earth effect analysis; environmental conditions; receiver antenna radiation patterns; receiving antenna characteristics; smart control; soil electrical properties; soil moisture; soil structure; subsurface object detection systems; transmitter antenna radiation patterns; transmitting antenna characteristics; Antennas; Electromagnetics; Erbium; Explosives; Indexes; Soil moisture; Vehicles; Horn antennas; microstrip antennas; soil model; subsurface object detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SOUTHEASTCON 2014, IEEE

Conference_Location

Lexington, KY

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2014.6950700

Filename

6950700