Towards a general equation for frequency domain reflectometers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 383, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 319-329

  Rüdiger, Christoph ^a   Western, Andrew W ^a   Walker, Jeffrey P ^a   Smith, Adam B ^a,b   Kalma, Jetse D ^c   Willgoose, Garry R ^c  

^a The University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Instrument calibration; Soil moisture; Temperature correction; Water Content Reflectometer

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; CAMPBELL; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GENERAL EQUATIONS; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MONITORING NETWORK; MONITORING SITES; REAL SOILS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE MONITORING; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPES; TEMPERATURE CORRECTION; WATER CONTENT REFLECTOMETER;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; MONITORING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERMITTIVITY; REFLECTOMETERS; SENSORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAVIMETRY; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; REFLECTOMETRY; SALINITY; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA; GOULBURN RIVER; MURRUMBIDGEE BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77449088197     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.12.046     Document Type: Article

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