L-Band Reflectivity of a Wire Grid Above a Dielectric Surface

We investigated the influence of a wire grid above a paved ground on thermal brightness at 1.4 GHz. Reflectivities were derived from dual-polarized brightness temperature measurements for different grid orientations and wire spacings between 2.5 and 20 cm. For spacings larger than a quarter of a wavelength (≈5 cm), the grid had no impact on the observed reflectivities. A physical model was used to analyze the experimental results.

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