Estimation of spatio-temporal variability of soil water content in agricultural fields with ground penetrating radar

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 24-33

  Wijewardana, Y G N S ^a   Galagedara, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Irrigation; Trans MOG; Trans ZOP; Volumetric soil water content

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AVERAGE ERRORS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROP YIELD; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; GRAVIMETRIC SAMPLING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; GROUND WAVES; MULTIPLE OFFSET GATHERS; PLAN-VIEW MAPS; RAISED BEDS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SURVEY DATA; TIME AND SPACE; TRANS MOG; TRANS ZOP; TRAVEL TIME; VOLUMETRIC SOIL WATER CONTENT; WAVE VELOCITY; ZERO-OFFSET PROFILE;

ESTIMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IRRIGATION; RADAR; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BOREHOLE; CROP YIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVIMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956191767     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.036     Document Type: Article

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