EM38 for volumetric soil water content estimation in the root-zone of deep vertosol soils

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-109

  Hossain, M B ^a   Lamb, D W ^a   Lockwood, P V ^a   Frazier, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

EM38; Multi height ECa; Soil moisture; Vertosol

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; CROP PLANTS; DEPTH PROFILE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SENSORS; EM38; FIELD VALIDATION; HORIZONTAL DIPOLES; MATHEMATICAL SUMMATIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE PROFILES; MULTI-HEIGHT ECA; MULTIPLE SENSORS; PROFILE INVERSION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SENSOR CALIBRATION; SENSOR RESPONSE; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VERTICAL DIPOLE; VERTOSOL; VOLUMETRIC MOISTURE CONTENT;

CALIBRATION; CROPS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; EXTRACTION; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

CLAY SOIL; CROP PLANT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERSE ANALYSIS; RHIZOSPHERE; SENSOR; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 77956893101     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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