Polymer tensiometers with ceramic cones: Direct observations of matric pressures in drying soils

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1787-1799

  Van Der Ploeg, M J ^a   Gooren, H P A ^a   Bakker, G ^a   Hoogendam, C W ^a   Huiskes, C ^b   Koopal, L K ^a   Kruidhof, H ^b   De Rooij, G H ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT OBSERVATION; FIELD CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; INDIRECT METHODS; LOW WATER-CONTENT; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MEASURED PROPERTIES; MEASUREMENT RANGE; MOISTURE RETENTION CURVE; NONUNIQUENESS; RESPONSE TIME; SOIL MATRIC POTENTIAL; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOLID CERAMICS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VADOSE ZONE; WILTING POINT;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CERAMICS; MATRIC POTENTIAL; POLYMER; SOIL WATER; TENSIOMETER; VADOSE ZONE; WILTING;

EID: 77957728296     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1787-2010     Document Type: Article

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