Calibration of time domain reflectometry technique using undisturbed soil samples from humid tropical soils of volcanic origin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1241-1249

  Weitz, A M ^a   Grauel, W T ^b   Keller, M ^b   Veldkamp, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIELECTRIC NUMBER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TDR; TROPICAL SOIL;

CALIBRATION; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; MIXING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

CALIBRATION FUNCTIONS; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; THREE-PHASE MIXING; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TECHNIQUES; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTROMETRY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030616490     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03956     Document Type: Article

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