Field measurements of the water content in the top soil using a new capacitance sensor with a flat sensitive volume

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-175

  Ruth, Bernhard ^a   Munch, Jean Charles ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Capacitance sensor; Diurnal variation; Field measurements; Sensitive volume; Temperature compensation; Time series; Top soil; Water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044371077     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200421624     Document Type: Article

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