Soil moisture calibration of a TDR multilevel probe in gravely soils

Soil Science

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 554-565

  Frueh, W T ^b   Hopmans, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL SOIL; PROBE; SOIL MOISTURE; TDR;

EID: 0031415426     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199708000-00004     Document Type: Article

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