A gas-phase partitioning tracer method for the in situ measurement of soil-water content

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3699-3707

  Nelson, N T ^a,b   Brusseau, M L ^a   Carlson, T D ^a   Costanza, M S ^a   Young, M H ^a   Johnson, G R ^a   Wierenga, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Daniel B Stephens and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS PHASE REACTION; SOIL WATER; TRACER;

EID: 0033405543     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900250     Document Type: Article

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