USING GPS TO MEASURE GROUND COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY

Authors
KAVAK A VOGEL WJ XU GH
Citation
A. Kavak et al., USING GPS TO MEASURE GROUND COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY, Electronics Letters, 34(3), 1998, pp. 254-255
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
254 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:3<254:UGTMGC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In personal satellite communications, ground specular reflection may b e received along with the direct signal. To characterise this effect a t L-band, fade measurements were taken over grass and asphalt surfaces using a GPS receiver. By matching experimental results to a simulatio n, ground electrical characteristics were derived, showing a novel met hod for their measurement.