Real-time soil water dynamics over large areas using multisensor capacitance probes and monitoring system

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Starr, James L ^a   Paltineanu, Ioan C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance probes; Soil water content; Soil water monitoring; TDR

Indexed keywords

MONITORING SYSTEM; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032474537     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00071-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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