A capacitive soil moisture sensor

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 137-146

  Eller, H ^a   Denoth, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW SOIL INTERFACE; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PHASE COMPOSITION; REFLECTOMETERS; SENSORS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0030274090     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)03003-4     Document Type: Article

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