Estimation of temporal changes in soil moisture using resistivity method

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1147-1154

  Goyal, V C ^a   Gupta, P K ^b   Seth, S M ^a   Singh, V N ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Layered earth model; Resistivity interpretation; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SOILS;

GEOELECTRIC EARTH MODEL; LAYERED EARTH MODEL; ONE DIMENSIONAL; RESISTIVITY INTERPRETATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TWO STEP NON LINEAR INVERSION;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

INVERSION PROCESSES; LAYERED EARTH MODEL; RESISTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0030235906     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199609)10:9<1147::AID-HYP366>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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