Monitoring near-surface soil water storage in turfgrass using time domain reflectometry and weighing lysimetry

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1138-1146

  Young, M H ^a   Wierenga, P J ^a   Mancino, C F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

IRRIGATION; LYSIMETERS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REFLECTOMETERS; WATER ABSORPTION;

TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL WATER; TDR; WATER LOSS; WEIGHING LYSIMETER;

EID: 0030614258     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100040021x     Document Type: Article

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