Uncertainty effects on soil electrical conductivity and permittivity spectra

Soil Science

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 737-746

  Logsdon, Sally D ^a  

^a USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate size; Dielectric spectra; Electrical conductivity; Soil water

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750372833     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000230129.24513.fe     Document Type: Article

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