Effects of soil water potential and moisture content on sound speed

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1614-1625

  Lu, Zhiqu ^a   Sabatier, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

LVD, Laser doppler vibrometer; MASW, Multi channel analysis of surface waves

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LVD, LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER; MASW, MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WAVES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NATURAL CONDITIONS; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; SAND MIXTURE; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOUND SPEED; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERM FIELD; TEST SITE; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER; WATER POTENTIAL;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTICS; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SPEED; SURFACE WAVES; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER WAVES;

SOIL TESTING;

ACOUSTICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TENSIOMETER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 69949142433     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0073     Document Type: Article

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