A double-puncture technique for improving the accuracy of puncture tensiometer measurements

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Greenwood, Kerry L ^a,b   Daniel, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Matric potential; Pressure transducer; Soil moisture tension

Indexed keywords

EQUATION; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SOIL MOISTURE TENSION; TENSIOMETER;

EID: 0029756214     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR9960153     Document Type: Article

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