Laboratory and field evaluation of five soil water sensors

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 431-438

  Huang, Q ^a   Akinremi, O O ^a   Sri Rajan, R ^a   Bullock, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Profile Probe; Soil water content; Soil water content sensor

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FIELD METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; SOIL WATER;

EID: 15944391701     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S03-097     Document Type: Article

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