Mobile TDR for geo-referenced measurement of soil water content and electrical conductivity

Precision Agriculture 2005, ECPA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 481-486

  Thomsen, Anton ^a   Drøsher, Per ^a   Steffensen, Flemming ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mobile TDR measurements; Soil electrical conductivity; Soil mapping; Soil moisture; Soil texture; TDR probe

Indexed keywords

COMBINED MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SITE-SPECIFIC CROP MANAGEMENT; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MAPPING; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

CROPS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAPPING; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 40549109657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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