Two- and three-parameter calibrations of time domain reflectometry for soil moisture measurement

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2417-2421

  Yu, C ^a   Warrick, A W ^a   Conklin, M H ^a   Young, M H ^a   Zreda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; REFLECTOMETRY; SOIL;

CALIBRATION; SOIL WATER; TDR;

EID: 0030772429     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01699     Document Type: Article

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