Time domain reflectometry as a field method for measuring water content and soil water electrical conductivity at a continuous permafrost site

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-370

  Boike, Julia ^a   Roth, Kurt ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous permafrost; Electrical conductivity, active layer; Siberia; Time domain reflectometry; Water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642647468     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199710/12)8:4<359::AID-PPP261>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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