Heat-Pulse Method for Soil Water Content Measurement: Influence of the Specific Heat of the Soil Solids

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1631-1634

  Ren, T ^a   Ochsner, T E ^b   Horton, R ^b   Ju, Z ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRYING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; SPECIFIC HEAT;

HEAT PULSE METHOD;

SOILS;

HEAT CAPACITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0242507536     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.1631     Document Type: Article

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