Comparison of capacitance-based soil water probes in coastal plain soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1380-1389

  Bosch, David D ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAPACITANCE; PROBES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

CALIBRATION CURVES; CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; CAPACITANCE PROBES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; SOIL WATER MEASUREMENTS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 33750709892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.4.1380     Document Type: Article

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