Shaft-mounted time domain reflectometry probe for water content and electrical conductivity measurements

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 316-319

  Persson, Magnus ^a   Wraith, Jon M ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; NEW SHAFTS; PHYSICAL PROBES; THREE-ROD; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY PROBES;

PROBES;

EID: 0012182517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1.2.316     Document Type: Article

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