A review of advances in dielectric and electrical conductivity measurement in soils using time domain reflectometry

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 444-475

  Robinson, D A ^a   Jones, S B ^b   Wraith, J M ^c   Or, D ^d   Friedman, S P ^e  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PROBES; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DISPERSIVE DIELECTRICS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PRACTICAL GUIDANCE; PROBE CONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE ENERGIES; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442706592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.4.444     Document Type: Article

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