An improved frequency domain technique for determining soil water content

Pedosphere

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 805-812

  Sun, Yu Rui ^a   Ma, Dao Kun ^a   Lin, Jian Hui ^a   Schulze Lammers, P ^b   Damerow, L ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Frequency domain principle; Measurement; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL WATER;

EID: 28844442893     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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