On the use of surface and ground temperature data to recover soil water content information

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 234-243

  Behaegel M ^a   Sailhac, P ^a   Marquis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Ground temperature; Heat transfer; Soil water content; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HEAT TRANSFER; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL MECHANICS; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER CONTENT;

HOMOGENEOUS HALF-SPACE MODEL;

UNDERGROUND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DATA INVERSION; HEAT TRANSFER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 34249322626     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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