Field evaluation of the dual-probe heat-pulse method for measuring soil water content

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 552-560

  Heitman, J L ^a   Basinger, J M ^b   Kluitenberg, G J ^a   Ham, J M ^a   Frank, J M ^c   Barnes, P L ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERRORS; PROBES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

EMPIRICAL CALIBRATION; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; HEAT PULSE METHOD; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MONITORING PERIODS; MONITORING STATIONS; SENSOR INSTALLATION; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 1342295796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.4.552     Document Type: Article

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