Apparent electrical conductivity integrated from layered soil profiles

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-185

  Bänninger, Dominik ^a   Wunderli, Hans ^b   Flühler, Hannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; TDR; Transmission line; Water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349189477     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200800017     Document Type: Article

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