Compatible measurements of volumetric soil water content using a neutron probe and Diviner 2000 after field calibration

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 401-404

  Burgess, P J ^a   Reinhard, B R ^a,b   Pasturel, P ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Büro für Ökologie und Landschaft GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capacitance sensor; Neutron probe; Shrinking swelling clay; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLAY SOIL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEUTRON PROBE; SENSOR; SHRINKAGE; SOIL WATER; SWELLING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33751019639     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2006.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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