Development of a resonant length technique for soil water content measurement

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 278-285

  Starr, G C ^a   Lowery, B ^b   Cooley, E T ^b   Hart, G L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY; POLYNOMIALS; REFLECTOMETERS; RESONANCE; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

PARALLEL ROD WAVEGUIDE PROBE; REFLECTED POWER AMPLITUDE; SECOND ORDER POLYNOMIALS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032957776     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1999.03615995006300020004x     Document Type: Article

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