Characterization of soil water content variability and soil texture using GPR groundwave techniques

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 93-110

  Grote, Katherine ^a   Anger, Cale ^b   Kelly, Bridget ^c   Hubbard, Susan ^d   Rubin, Yoram ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CO-KRIGING; FIELD SCALE; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; NEAR-SURFACE; SHALLOWER WATER; SOIL LAYER; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL ESTIMATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VARIOGRAMS; WATER CONTENT ESTIMATES; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77958599543     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG15.3.93     Document Type: Article

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