Derived functions of time domain reflectometry for soil moisture measurement

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1789-1796

  Yu, C ^a   Warrick, A W ^a   Conklin, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; REFLECTOMETRY; SOIL MOISTURE;

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; POROSITY; REFLECTOMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION;

SOIL WATER CONTENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR); VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 0032978403     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900025     Document Type: Article

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