Measuring water content in saline sands using impulse time domain transmission techniques

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 433-439

  Chawn Harlow, R ^a   Burke, Eleanor J ^a   Ferré, Ty P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; SALINE WATER; SOIL MOISTURE; TRAVEL TIME;

DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHODS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NATURAL FIELD CONDITIONS; PORE WATER SALINITIES; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TIME-DOMAIN TRANSMISSION;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544262329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2003.4330     Document Type: Article

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