Comparing unfrozen water content measurements of frozen soil using recently developed commercial sensors

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-256

  Yoshikawa, Kenji ^a   Overduin, Pier Paul ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Moisture; Unfrozen water; Volumetric water content

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MOISTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERMITTIVITY; POROSITY; PROBES; REFLECTOMETERS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; UNFROZEN WATER; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS;

FROZEN SOILS;

FROZEN GROUND; INSTRUMENTATION; SOIL WATER;

EID: 27644563877     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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