CONSIDERING FOREST VEGETATION AS AN IMPERFECT DIELECTRIC SLAB
Abstract
A method for representing a grove of trees by an imperfect dielectric slab is developed and illustrated. The method considers leaves as conducting bodies and bark and wood as dielectric bodies using artificial dielectric and dielectric mixture theory to compute the real part of the dielectric constant of the proposed slab. The imaginary part of the dielectric constant of the slab is computed from measured attenuation data. The method is illustrated using data from a real forest to compute the characteristics of an imperfect dielectric slab.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0410836
Entities
People
- A. H. Lagrone
- D. J. Pounds
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin