Microwave Penetration and Attenuation in Desert Soil: A Field Experiment with the Shuttle Imaging Radar
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Vol. GE-24 (4) , 590-594
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.1986.289675
Abstract
Receivers buried in the Nevada desert were used with the Shuttle Imaging Radar to measure microwave attenuation as a function of soil moisture in situ. Results agree closely with laboratory measureements of attenuation and suggest that penetration of tens of centimeters in desert soils is common for L-band (1.2-GHz) radar.Keywords
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