Identifying the conditions amenable to the determination of solute concentrations with time domain reflectometry

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 633-636

  Ferre P A ^a   Rudolph, D L ^b   Kachanoski, R G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0033959882     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900291     Document Type: Article

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