Field measurements of topsoil moisture profiles by vertical TDR probes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 348, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 442-451

  Greco, Roberto ^a   Guida, Andrea ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Field monitoring; Infiltration; Inverse problems; Moisture profiles; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; INFILTRATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FIELD MONITORING; MOISTURE PROFILES; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EVAPORATION; INFILTRATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SOIL SURVEYS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; INFILTRATION; INVERSE PROBLEM; LABORATORY METHOD; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TOPSOIL; WATER CONTENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849023028     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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