Numerical evaluation of alternative heat pulse probe designs and analyses

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Saito, Hirotaka ^a,b   Šimůnek, Jiri ^a   Hopmans, Jan W ^c   Tuli, Atac ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMISTORS;

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENTS; HEAT PULSE PROBE (HPP); THERMISTOR NEEDLES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSORS; SOIL SURVEYS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMISTORS;

DESIGN; HEAT SOURCE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 36649032079     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005320     Document Type: Article

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