Performance of a new capacitance soil moisture probe in a sandy soil

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1378-1385

  Parsons, Lawrence R ^a   Bandaranayake, Wije M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CORRECTION FACTORS; DRY SOIL; FLORIDA; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PROBE SIGNALS; PROBE SURFACE; RAPID POPULATION GROWTH; SANDY SOILS; SOIL CORES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL VOLUME; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; SOLUBLE SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAND; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

PROBES;

BULK DENSITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBE; SALINITY; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249110674     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0264     Document Type: Article

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