Apparent dielectric constant and effective frequency of TDR measurements: Influencing factors and comparison

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 548-556

  Chung, C C ^a   Lin, C P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EC, electrical conductivity; TDR, time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SOIL WATER; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349312456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0089     Document Type: Article

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