Measurement of soil moisture change in spatially heterogeneous weathered soils using a capacitance probe

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-146

  Wu, Kegang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitance probe; Heterogeneous soil; Irrigated terrace; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; PROBES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEXTURES; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CAPACITANCE PROBES; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOILS;

CAPACITANCE PROBE; HETEROGENEOUS SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; TERRACE; WEATHERED SOIL;

NEPAL, HIMALAYAS, MIDDLE HILLS;

EID: 0031923029     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199801)12:1<135::aid-hyp567>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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