Real-time soil water monitoring for optimum water management

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1527-1535

  Fares, Ali ^a   Hamdhani, H ^a   Polyakov, Viktor ^a   Dogan, A ^b   Valenzuela, Hector ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Capacitance sensors; Evapotranspiration; Infiltration; Irrigation; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; SENSORS; SOILS;

CAPACITANCE SENSORS; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; SENSORS; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

BULK DENSITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MONITORING; SENSOR; SILTY CLAY LOAM; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL SOIL; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

BULK DENSITY; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; SENSORS; SOIL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WAHIAWA;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33846532308     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb06018.x     Document Type: Article

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