Continuous wave acoustic method for determination of moisture content in agricultural soil

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-111

  Sharma, R K ^a   Gupta, A K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Continuous wave; Irrigation monitoring and control; Soil moisture measurement; Sound propagation in soil; Speed of sound; Texture of soil; Transit time

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE; MONITORING AND CONTROL; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOUND PROPAGATION; SPEED OF SOUND; SPEED OF SOUNDS; TRANSIT TIME;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; CROPS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; MONITORING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SPEED; TEXTURES; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONITORING; REAL TIME; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955055798     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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