Thermal neutron computed tomography of soil water and plant roots

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1234-1242

  Tumlinson, Leanne G ^a   Liu, Hungyuan ^b   Silk, Wendy K ^c   Hopmans, Jan W ^c  

^a Bldg 258 ^*  (United States)

^b McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEUTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL-WATER; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IMAGING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER CONTENT; WATER UPTAKE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 51149088774     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0302     Document Type: Article

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