New semi-empirical formulae for predicting soil solution conductivity from dielectric properties at 50MHz

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 393, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 321-330

  Leao, Tairone P ^a   Perfect, Edmund ^a   Tyner, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity (EC); Hydra Probe; Pore solution; Semi empirical model; TDR; Water content

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRA PROBE; PORE SOLUTION; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; TDR;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORECASTING; PROBES; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; POWER LAW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SATURATED MEDIUM; SENSOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL TEXTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT;

COELENTERATA; HYDRA;

EID: 77957884464     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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