Monitoring soil water and ionic solute distributions using time-domain reflectometry

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 145-150

  Wraith, Jon M ^a   Das, Bhabani S ^a  

^a M   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk soil electrical conductivity; Calibration models; Field variability; Soil nitrate monitoring; Soil solution electrical conductivity; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE; TDR; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032474561     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00085-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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