Dual field calibration of capacitance and neutron soil water sensors in a shrinking-swelling clay soil

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1390-1399

  Fares, A ^a   Buss, P ^b   Dalton, M ^b   El Kadi, A I ^a   Parsons, L R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Irrigation and Hydrology Dep   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CLAY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOISTURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SHRINKAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; CAPACITANCE SENSORS; INDIVIDUAL CALIBRATIONS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SITE SPECIFIC CALIBRATION; SWELLING PROPERTIES; THREE-PARAMETER MODELS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 29944442142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1390     Document Type: Article

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