Estimation of soil water content using a 50 MHZ impedance sensor: Soil texture, structure, and salinity interactions

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Leao, Tairone P ^a   Perfect, Edmund ^a   Tyner, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex permittivity; Dielectric; Hydra probe; Impedance; TDR; Water content estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; DATALOGGER; DIELECTRIC; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; DRYING CURVES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; FUTURE CALIBRATION; HYDRA PROBE; IMPEDANCE SENSORS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LOAD CELLS; LOSS TANGENT; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MIXED EFFECTS; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SANDY LOAMS; SILTY CLAY LOAM; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; UNDISTURBED SAMPLE; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

COMPLEXATION; DEIONIZED WATER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY; PROBES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; UNDERWATER SOILS;

WATER CONTENT;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; PERMITTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SENSOR; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

COELENTERATA; HYDRA;

EID: 77949791126     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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