Assessment of a Water Activity Meter for Rapid Measurements of Soil Water Potential

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-295

  Cancela, J J ^a   Dafonte, J ^a   Martinez E M ^a   Cuesta, T S ^a   Neira, X X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOILS;

PERMANENT WILTING POINT (PWP); SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; WATER ACTIVITY METERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER METERS;

EID: 33747588779     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.02.018     Document Type: Article

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