Study of a capacitance-based self model-establishing sensor for measuring water content of soil

Chinese Journal of Sensors and Actuators

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-109

  Hu, Jian Dong ^a,b   Duan, Tie Cheng ^b   He, Sai Ling ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capacitance sensor; Self model establishing; Water content in soil

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOILS;

CAPACITANCE SENSOR; SELF MODEL-ESTABLISHING; WATER CONTENT IN SOIL;

SENSORS;

EID: 18944393970     PISSN: 10041699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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