Performance of frequency-domain reflectometer, capacitance, and psuedo-transit time-based soil water content probes in four coarse-textured soils

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 999-1008

  Irmak, Suat ^a   Irmak, Ayse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Capacitance; Frequency domain reflectometer; Psuedo transit time; Soil probe performance; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; PROBES; REFLECTOMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER; PSEUDO-TRANSIT TIME; SOIL PROBE PERFORMANCE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

EID: 30944442251     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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