A fast TDR-inversion technique for the reconstruction of spatial soil moisture content

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 481-492

  Schlaeger, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b SCHLAEGER Mathematical Solutions and Engineering   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 33646172615     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-9-481-2005     Document Type: Article

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