Research Article

Permittivity and Backscattering Coefficient of Diesel Oil-Contaminated Soil at C Band (5.3 GHz)

Table 1

Equations and correlation coefficient of variation of scattering coefficient for different look angles and dielectric constant of diesel oil-contaminated soil from 1% to 22%.

EquationCorrelation coefficient ( )

25 (HH) 0.9592
25 (VV) 0.9607
30 (HH) 0.9588
30 (VV) 0.961
35 (HH) 0.9584
35 (VV) 0.9615
40 (HH) 0.958
40 (VV) 0.962
45 (HH) 0.9574
45 (VV) 0.9627
50 (HH) 0.9569
50 (VV) 0.9636
55 (HH) 0.9563
55 (VV) 0.9646
Dielectric permittivity of diesel oil contaminated soil 0.9928