Enhancement and metrological characterization of an accurate and low-cost method based on seismic wave propagation for soil moisture evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1216-1223

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

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Moisture measurement; Seismic waves; Soil measurements; Time domain reflectometry (TDR); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EASE OF USE; LOW COSTS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MOISTURE LEVEL; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; REFERENCE TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RIVER SANDS; SOIL MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL SAMPLE; STATE OF THE ART; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 77950916023     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2040958     Document Type: Article

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