AbstractPreparation
SPACE REFLECTO 2013
3rd Conference on passive reflectometry reflectometry
using radiocom space signals 4 and 5 November 2013
Brest, France
Martin DUPONT†, James SPACE REFLECTO 2013† and Toshiro TOKYO‡
† Department of Electrical Engineering, University Lille Nord de France (ULNF),‡Green Drive Co. Ltd., Japan
Tel: +33(0)320335 353 – Fax: +33(0)320335 499 – e-mail:
Topics: Soil Moisture Reflectometry
IIntroduction
Prepare your abstract on a sheet of A4 paper with another accompanying data sheet of the corresponding author. The length of the typescript should not exceed two pages. The abstract should include more than 500 words and appropriate figures, clearly indicating the aim, the method of approach and results of the work with appropriate quotes for the review.
You can download the text source file of this document in Word document file from the website for SPACE REFLECTO:
Fig. 1: SPACE REFLECTO.
Format (Important)
The double column format should be adopted. Each column is 81.3 mm in width x 240 mm in height. The space between two columns is 7.4 mm. Left- and right-justify your columns. Paragraph indentation is 3.0 mm. Use no space between sections, text, tables or figures. Do not use spaces between paragraphs. It is recommended that footnotes should be avoided. Instead, try to integrate the footnote information into the text. Type to follow the type sizes specified in Table 1, as best you can.
Table I
Type styles and point sizes.
10 / Authors' affiliations, Main text, Equations, Topics, References, Tables / Subheadings
11 / Headings
14 / Authors' names
16 / Paper title
A. Abbreviations and Acronyms
Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used in the text, even after they have been defined in the abstract. Abbreviations such as SI, MKS, CGS, AC, DC, and so on do not have to be defined. Abbreviations that incorporate periods should not have spaces; write “U.S.A.,” not “U S A.” Do not use abbreviations in the title unless they are unavoidable.
Units
Use SI(MKS) as a primary unit. English units may be used as secondary units (in parenthesis).
Title and Head
Centre and use bold letters for the title. Place the authors’ names below. Authors’ affiliations should include the postal address and e-mail address (if available).
Equations
Number equations should be consecutively with equation numbers in parentheses in the right hand margin, as in (1). To make your equations more compact, you may use the solidus (/), the exp function, or appropriate exponents. Italicize Roman symbols for quantities and variables, but not Greek symbols. Use a long dash rather than a hyphen for a minus sign. Use parentheses to avoid ambiguities in fractions, punctuate equations with commas or periods when they are part of a sentence.
(1)
Be sure that the symbols in your equation have been defined before the equation appears or immediately following. Refer to “(1),” not “Eq.(1)” or “equation (1),” except at the beginning of a sentence: “Equation (1) is ....”
B. Figures and Tables Position
Figures and tables should be placed in the middle of columns. Figure captions should be below the figures. Table captions should be above the tables. Avoid placing figures and tables before their first mention in the text. Use the abbreviation “Fig. 1,” even at the beginning of a sentence. Do not abbreviate “Table.”. Large figures and tables should be placed at the end of the paper, Fig. 2.
Figure axis labels are often a source of confusion. Try to use words rather than symbols. As an example, write the quantity “Inverter voltage” or “Inverter voltage, Vinv,” not just “Vinv.”
References
Number citations consecutively in brackets [1]. The sentence punctuation follows the brackets [2], [3]. Multiple references are each numbered with brackets [1]-[7]. In a sentence, refer to the reference number, as in “[3]”. Do not use “Ref. [3]” or “reference (3)” except at the beginning of a sentence: “Reference [3] shows...”.
Give all authors’ names. Do not use “et. al.” unless there are six authors or more. Use a space after each authors’ initials. Papers that have not been published, even if they have been submitted for publication, should be cited as “Unpublished” [5]. Papers that have been accepted for publication should be cited as “In press” [6].
Capitalize only the first word in a paper title, except for proper nouns and element symbols. If you are short of space, you may omit paper titles. However, paper titles are helpful to your readers and strongly recommended.
Sending Your Abstract
Electronic submission: using the online submission system available on the SPACE REFLECTO 2013 website, before: 8 September 2013:
?conf=spacereflecto2013
Prepare your abstract as apdf file.
File size should be less than2 MB.
Please follow the Deadlines:
Abstract submission on the Space Reflecto 2013:
- Extended DeadLine: 20 September 2013
-Notification: 7 October 2013
-Early registration deadline: 7 October 2013
IIConclusion
Conclusions are often the most important part of a paper. The wording needs careful consideration. The final paper will be reviewed by theScientific Program Committee members. Good luck, keep the deadlines, and welcome to SPACE REFLECTO 2013.
Acknowledgement
The Organizing Committee of SPACE REFLECTO thanks SPACE REFLECTO’s International Steering Committee for confidence in the organization of the SPACE REFLECTO 2013 Symposium.
Some Common Mistakes
The word “data” is plural, not singular. The subscript for the permeability of vacuum µ0 is zero, not a lowercase letter “o.” The term for residual magnetization is “remanence”; the adjective is “remanent”; do not write “remnance” or “remnant.” Use the word “micrometer” instead of “micron.” A graph within a graph is an “inset,” not an “insert.” The word “alternatively” is preferred to the word “alternately” (unless you really mean something that alternates). Use the word “whereas” instead of “while” (unless you are referring to simultaneous events). Do not use the word “essentially” to mean “approximately” or “effectively.” Do not use the word “issue” as a euphemism for “problem.” When compositions are not specified, separate chemical symbols by en-dashes; for example, “NiMn” indicates the intermetallic compound Ni0.5Mn0.5 whereas “Ni–Mn” indicates an alloy of some composition NixMn1-x.
Be aware of the different meanings of the homophones “affect” (usually a verb) and “effect” (usually a noun), “complement” and “compliment,” “discreet” and “discrete,” “principal” (e.g., “principal investigator”) and “principle” (e.g., “principle of measurement”). Do not confuse “imply” and “infer.”
Prefixes such as “non,” “sub,” “micro,” “multi,” and “ultra” are not independent words; they should be joined to the words they modify, usually without a hyphen. There is no period after the “et” in the Latin abbreviation “et al.” (it is also italicized). The abbreviation “i.e.,” means “that is,” and the abbreviation “e.g.,” means “for example” (these abbreviations are not italicized).
An excellent style manual and source of information for science writers is [8]. A general IEEE style guide and an Information for Authorsare both available at:
Use the singular heading even if you have multiple acknowledgments. Avoid the stilted expression, “One of us (I.C.S.) thanks...” Instead, try “I.C.S. thanks...”. Put sponsor acknowledgment in a separate section on the last page.
References
[1]M. Dupont, J. Reed, “Authored book”, Chichester, England: Wiley, 1993, ch. 2, pp. 45-47.
[2]M. Seeds, “Article”, in Edited Book, Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE Press, 1993, ch. 3, pp. 121-23.
[3]J. SPACE REFLECTO, “Paper in a journal”, Proc. IEEE, vol. 81, pp. 905-913, June 1993.
[4]J. M. Dupond, “Paper in a conference record”, in Proc. Int. SPACE REFLECTO200x Symp., pp. 2-11, 2003.
[5]M. Dupont, J. Reed, T. Tokyo, “Unpublished conference paper”, presented at the 2006 Int. LDIA Conf., Nov. 2006. Unpublished.
[6]M. Dupont, J. Seeds, T. Tokyo, “Paper in press”, Proc. IEEE, Feb. 2007. In press.
[7]T. Tokyo, “Technical report”, SEEDS Tech. Rep. TR12345, pp. 80-82, 1983.
[8]M. Young, The Techincal Writers Handbook. Mill Valley, CA: University Science, 1989.