Presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Scientific Studies (ISAS2018-Winter), Samsun, Turkey, Nov 30, 2018

SETSCI Conference Proceedings, 2018, 3, Page (s): 724-726 , https://doi.org/

Published Date: 31 December 2018    | 1369     10

Complex permittivity of soil is connection with volumetric water content robustly. Especially, Dielectric constant
rapidly varies with volumetric water content because of the robust connection between volumetric water content and dielectric
constant, if volumetric water content is known, dielectric constant can quickly predict. If dielectric constant is known,
volumetric water content can simply predict via mathematical models. Relation of dielectric constant and volumetric water
content is investigated different environments with various soil textures. A Gaussian mathematical model is proposed by
means of experimental data at 9.5 GHz. Proposed mathematical model is compared with different mathematical models  

Keywords - Dielectric constant, volumetric water content, soils

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