Soil moisture measurements through a seismic wave-based system: Experimental and metrological validation

2009 IEEE Intrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 983-986

  Cannazza, G ^a   Cataldo, A ^a   De Benedetto, E ^a   Attivissimo, F ^b   Fabbiano, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Moisture measurement; Seismic wave propagation; Time domain reflectometry; Uncertainty evaluation

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPARATIVE APPROACH; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449956694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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