Field use and calibration of a TDR-based probe for monitoring water content in a high-clay landslide soil in Austria

Geoderma

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Stangl, R ^a   Buchan, G D ^b   Loiskandl, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clay soils; Field calibration; Landslide soil; Measurement error; Regression analysis; Soil water sensors

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC REACTORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; LANDSLIDES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MONITORING; POTENTIAL FLOW; PROBES; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICS; STRAIN ENERGY; UNDERWATER SOILS; VIBRATORS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

AUSTRIA; CALIBRATION FUNCTIONS; CLAY CONTENTS; CLAY LANDSLIDES; CLAY SOILS; CREEPING FLOWS; DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOURS; ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; EX-SITU; FIELD CALIBRATION; FIELD MONITORING; FIELD SOILS; HIGH MOISTURES; IN-SITU; INVERSE PREDICTIONS; INVERSE REGRESSIONS; LANDSLIDE SOIL; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MEAN DEVIATIONS; MEAN-SQUARED ERRORS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACIES; MOISTURE RANGES; MONTMORILLONITE SUSPENSIONS; POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS; REASONABLE LOCATIONS; REGRESSION MODELS; SAMPLE SIZES; SENSOR OUTPUTS; SENSOR POSITIONS; SENSOR RESPONSE; SITE SPECIFICS; SMECTITE; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL LAYERS; SOIL MATERIALS; SOIL PH; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER SENSORS; SOIL-SPECIFIC CALIBRATIONS; SPECIFIC SENSORS; STANDARD CALIBRATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT MEDIAS; TWO STAGES; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENTS; WATER CONTENT REFLECTOMETERS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION; CLAY SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD METHOD; LANDSLIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 62149127783     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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