Laboratory calibrations of water content reflectometers and their in-situ verification

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 607-615

  Stenger, Roland ^a   Barkle, Greg ^a,b   Burgess, Craig ^a,c  

^a LINCOLN AGRITECH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b AQUALINC RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; Soil moisture; Volcanic soils

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; POROSITY; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SOILS;

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT (VWC);

REFLECTOMETERS;

CALIBRATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; VOLCANIC SOIL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 25144463536     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR04177     Document Type: Article

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