Dielectric behavior of moist swelling clay soils at microwave frequencies

Author

Sabburg, J. ; Ball, J.A.R. ; Hancock, N.H.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci., Univ. of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld., Australia

Volume

35

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

784

Lastpage

787

Abstract

The dielectric properties of Australian vertisol, a clay soil in which bulk density changes substantially with water content, are investigated by microwave transmission measurements. It is shown that the soil permittivity model of Hallikainen at al. (1985) is not directly applicable to this soil; alternative regression formulae are presented

Keywords

clay; geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; microwave measurement; moisture measurement; radar cross-sections; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; soil; Australia; density change; dielectric behavior; dielectric property; geology; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; microwave radiometry; microwave transmission measurements; model; moist swelling clay soil; permittivity; radar remote sensing; regression formula; soil moisture; terrain mapping; terrestrial electricity; vertisol; water content; Australia; Dielectric measurements; Frequency measurement; Microwave frequencies; Microwave measurements; Microwave ovens; Moisture; Permittivity measurement; Soil measurements; Water;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.582002

Filename

582002