Clarification and calibration of reflection coefficient for electrical conductivity measurement by time domain reflectometry

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1033-1040

  Lin, C P ^a   Chung, C C ^a   Huisman, J A ^b   Tang, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CALIBRATION; CLARIFICATION; EARTH SCIENCES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; HEALTH; INSTRUMENTS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AMERICA; AMPLITUDE CALIBRATION; CABLE RESISTANCE; CIRCUIT MODELING; DIRECT CURRENT (DC); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SERIES RESISTORS; SOIL SCIENCES; STEP VOLTAGES; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TDR); VOLTAGE SIGNALING;

REFLECTION;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 47249093681     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0185     Document Type: Article

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