Assessing soil water content using complex permittivity

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1979-1985

  Rial, W S ^a   Han, Y J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Electrical permittivity; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTROL; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFLECTOMETERS;

SOIL WATER CONTENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0034471764     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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