Principal Authors:
Fawwaz T. Ulaby
David G. Long,
Contributing Authors:
William Blackwell
Charles Elachi
Adrian Fung
Chris Ruf
Kamal Sarabandi
Jakob van Zyl
Howard Zebker
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-472-11935-6
Code Name: RelDielConst_Soil.m
Description: Code computes dielectric constant of soil.
Input Variables:
T: | Temperature (°C) |
f: | Frequency (GHz) |
ρb: | Soil bulk density (g/cm3) |
mv: | Volumetric moisture content (0 ≤ mv ≤ 1) |
S: | Sand fraction (0 ≤ S ≤ 1) |
C: | Clay fraction (0 ≤ C ≤ 1) |
ε' soil: | Real part of dielectric constant of soil (unitless) |
ε'' soil: | Imaginary part of dielectric constant of soil (unitless) |
Book Reference: Section 4-8 and Eq. (4.66) for f > 1.3 GHz, or Eq. (4.66) and Eq. (4.70) replacing Eq. (4.68d) for 0.3 ≤ f ≤ 1.3 GHz.
Code: module4_7.m