Soil profile water content determination: Spatiotemporal variability of electromagnetic and neutron probe sensors in access tubes

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 926-941

  Evett, Steven R ^a   Schwartz, Robert C ^a   Tolk, Judy A ^a   Howell, Terry A ^a  

^a Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; GRAVIMETRY; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 70349922136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0146     Document Type: Article

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