Estimating soil solution electrical conductivity from time domain reflectometry measurements using neural networks

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 249-256

  Persson, Magnus ^a   Uvo, Cintia Bertacchi ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Neural networks; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR);

HYDROLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 0037466130     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00387-6     Document Type: Article

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