A new soil matric potential sensor based on time domain reflectometry

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3399-3407

  Or, Dani ^a   Wraith, Jon M ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032745472     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900226     Document Type: Article

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