Measurements of soil water content using Time Domain Reflectometry sensor and water vapor in surface soil at the gobi site in the Taklimakan Desert

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 987-999

  Ishizuka, Masahide ^a,b   Mikami, Masao ^c   Zeng, Fanjiang ^d   Gao, Weidong ^d   Yamada, Yutaka ^e  

^a WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^e INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 30444461302     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.987     Document Type: Article

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