Vl. Mironov et al., EFFECT OF BOUND WATER ON THE DIELECTRIC-PROPERTIES OF WET FROZEN SOILS, Earth observation and remote sensing, 14(3), 1997, pp. 347-356
The paper presents the results of experimental studies of the moisture
-content and temperature dependences of the complex dielectric constan
t of soils in the microwave band. The effect of bound water on their d
ielectric properties is considered for negative temperatures and for t
ransition through 0 degrees C. It is shown that an empirical refractio
n model can be used to describe the moisture-content dependence of the
dielectric constant of soils in the negative-temperature area.