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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 4.8: Relative Dielectric Constant of Vegetation Material

Code Name: RelDielConst_Vegetation.m

Description: Code computes dielectric constant of vegetation material, such as corn leaves, in the microwave region.

Input Variables:

  f:    Frequency (GHz)
  mg:    Gravimetric moisture content 0 ≤ mg ≤ 1

Output Products:

  ε' v:    Real part of dielectric constant of vegetation (unitless)
  ε'' v:    Imaginary part of dielectric constant of vegetation (unitless)

Book Reference: Section 4-9 and Eq. (4.73)

Code: module4_8.m