Evaluation of a dielectric sensor for measurement of soil-water electrical conductivity

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 553-558

  Kargas, G ^a   Kerkides, P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Salinization; Soil bulk electrical conductivity; Soil pore water electrical conductivity; WET sensor

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC SENSORS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FITTING PARAMETERS; LINEAR MODEL; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PORE WATERS; POROUS MEDIA; SALINITY LEVELS; SALINIZATION; SANDY LOAMS; SANDY SOILS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOIL DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; SOIL PORE WATER ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL TYPES; SOIL WATER; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WET SENSOR;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SOLUTIONS; WATER; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINIZATION; SENSOR; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77955603008     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000218     Document Type: Article

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