Conductivity of leaves and branches and its relation to the spectral dependence of attenuation by forests in meter and decimeter band

Author

Chukhlantsev, Alexander A. ; Shutko, Anatolij M. ; Golovachev, Sergei P. ; Chukhlantsev, Alexei A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Eng. adn Electron., Russian Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

1103

Abstract

Conductivity of leaves (needles) and branches of different trees as well as conductivity of their sap was directly measured. Measuring technique is presented. Measured values of needles and branches conductivity are several times less than these values recalculated from sap conductivity values by known models. Influence of leaves and branches conductivity value on the spectral trend of radio waves attenuation by foliage is discussed in this paper.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave absorption; forestry; radiowave propagation; vegetation mapping; branch conductivity; decimeter band; foliage; forests; leaf conductivity; meter band; needle conductivity; radio wave attenuation; sap conductivity; spectral dependence; spectral trend; trees; Attenuation measurement; Blades; Conductivity measurement; Dielectric constant; Dielectric measurements; Electrical resistance measurement; Moisture; Needles; Permittivity measurement; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294025

Filename

1294025