Performance of different types of time domain reflectometry probes for water content measurement in partially saturated rocks

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Sakaki, Toshihiro ^a,b   Rajaram, Harihar ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PERMITTIVITY; PROBES; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION FUNCTIONS; GAP EFFECTS; SATURATED ROCKS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

ROCKS;

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PERMITTIVITY; PROBES; REFLECTOMETERS; ROCKS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBE; ROCK PROPERTY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33748059882     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004643     Document Type: Article

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