Soil moisture measurements: Comparison of instrumentation performances

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-89

  Ventura, Francesca ^a   Facini, Osvaldo ^b   Stefano, Piana ^a   Paola, Rossi Pisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Comparison; Field measurements; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PROBES; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

AUTOMATED INSTRUMENTATION; COMPARISON; FIELD MEASUREMENT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY PROBES; TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS; WATER CONTENT REFLECTOMETER;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION; GRAVIMETRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77951000436     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2010)136:2(81)     Document Type: Article

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