Design and development of a sensor prototype for soil moisture measurement: First experimental results

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Adamo, F ^a   Andria, G ^a   Attivissimo, F ^a   Fabbiano, L ^a   Giaquinto, N ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic propagation; Moisture measurement; Seismic method; Soil measurements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SOIL MOISTURE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SEISMIC METHOD; SOIL MEASUREMENTS;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

EID: 34648830207     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/imtc.2007.379254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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