Predicting the dielectric constant-water content relationship using artificial neural networks

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1424-1429

  Persson, Magnus ^a   Sivakumar, Bellie ^b   Berndtsson, Ronny ^a   Jacobsen, Ole H ^c   Schjønning, Per ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Crop Physiology and Soil Science ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 0013390676     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2002.1424     Document Type: Article

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