Comparison of nuclear and capacitance-based soil water measuring techniques in salt-affected soils

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 362-367

  Al Ain, F ^a   Attar, J ^a   Hussein, F ^a   Heng, L K ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b Joint FAO/IAEA Div of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calibration; Capacitance probe; Salinity; Soil moisture neutron probe

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLAY SOIL; CORRELATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEUTRON PROBE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 70450203516     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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