Soil Permittivity Estimation from TDR Measurements: properties and guidelines

Author

Savi, P. ; Maio, I.A.

Author_Institution

Politecnico di Torino, Torino

fYear

2007

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

788

Lastpage

791

Abstract

The properties of the TDR waveforms are studied by means of the Debye´s permittivity equation and of a low-order model of the measurement setup. The study is aimed at obtaining guidelines useful for the estimation of the soil permittivity from TDR waveforms. The high frequency attenuation due to the propagation in the dielectric medium has a central role in deciding the shape of the TDR waveforms. High-frequency permittivity parameters are best estimated from waveforms produced by measurement system with low attenuation. The properties of waveforms also lead to simple relations to estimate the low and high frequency permittivity values from characteristic points of the waveforms.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; measurement systems; permittivity measurement; soil; time-domain reflectometry; Debye´s permittivity equation; TDR measurements; TDR waveforms; dielectric medium; high frequency attenuation; high-frequency permittivity parameters; low-order model; measurement system; soil permittivity estimation; time domain reflectometry; Attenuation; Dielectric measurements; Frequency estimation; Guidelines; Parameter estimation; Permittivity measurement; Probes; Reflection; Soil measurements; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0767-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0767-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387421

Filename

4387421