Measured electrical constitutive parameters of soil as functions of frequency and moisture content

Author

Scott, Waymond R., Jr. ; Smith, Glenn S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

30

Issue

3

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

621

Lastpage

623

Abstract

The measured electrical constitutive parameters (effective relative permittivity and effective conductivity) for Georgia red clay are presented. These results are for the frequency range 50 MHz-1.25 GHz and for six samples with water contents by dry weight ranging from approximately 0-30%. These electrical parameters should be useful in designing and characterizing broadband systems whose performance is dependent upon or affected by the Earth, such as ground-penetrating radars

Keywords

geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; remote sensing by radar; soil; terrestrial electricity; 50 to 1250 GHz; Georgia red clay; UHF; broadband systems; electrical conductivity; electrical constitutive parameters; frequency; geoelectric; geophysics; ground-penetrating radars; microwave; moisture content; permittivity; radar reflection; radiowave backscatter; soil; terrestrial electricity; Conducting materials; Conductivity measurement; Earth; Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Moisture measurement; Particle measurements; Permittivity measurement; Soil measurements; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.142943

Filename

142943