An examination of direct ground wave soil moisture monitoring over an annual cycle of soil conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Steelman, Colby M ^a   Endres, Anthony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; ANNUAL CYCLE; COMPLETE ANNUAL CYCLES; DIELECTRIC MIXING; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDIES; FREQUENCY ANTENNAS; FREQUENCY DISPERSION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND WAVES; MIDLATITUDES; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; MOISTURE DYNAMICS; MULTI FREQUENCY; NEAR-SURFACE; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; SHALLOW SOILS; SIGNAL PULSE; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL MOISTURE MONITORING; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TEMPORAL RESPONSE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; VELOCITY VARIATIONS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WAVEFIELDS;

FORECASTING; MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; THAWING; UNDERWATER SOILS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL CYCLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREEZING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THAWING; VELOCITY; VOLUME; WATER CONTENT; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 78649507313     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008815     Document Type: Article

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