The early development of TDR for soil measurements

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 492-499

  Clarke Topp, G ^a   Les Davis, J ^b   Peter Annan, A ^c  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Terad   (Canada)

^c Sensors and Software Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROZEN SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PERSONAL CONTACTS; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL COVERAGE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT IN SOIL;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 33745675248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2003.4920     Document Type: Article

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