Calibration of a TDR probe for low soil water content measurements

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-552

  Skierucha, Wojciech ^a   Wilczek, Andrzej ^a   Alokhina, Olga ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b KARPENKO PHYSICOMECHANICAL INSTITUTE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Dielectric permittivity; Soil moisture; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

CALIBRATION ERRORS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY; MEASUREMENT RANGE; REFLECTED PULSES; REFLECTOGRAM; RELATIVE SHIFT; SANDY SOILS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TDR PROBES; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY PROBES;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

EID: 49649126562     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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