Title :
Microwave Penetration and Attenuation in Desert Soil: A Field Experiment with the Shuttle Imaging Radar
Author :
Farr, Tom G. ; Elachi, Charles ; Hartl, Philip ; Chowdhury, K.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
fDate :
7/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
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 :
Attenuation measurement; L-band; Laboratories; Microwave imaging; Microwave measurements; Moisture measurement; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Soil measurements; Soil moisture;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.1986.289675
