Calibration of a combined dielectric probe for soil moisture and porewater salinity measurement in organic and mineral coastal wetland soils

Geoderma

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 50-62

  Mortl, A ^a   Munoz Carpena R ^a   Kaplan, D ^a   Li, Y ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Dielectric probe; Electrical conductivity; Organic soil; Porewater salinity; Soil dielectric properties; Soil moisture; Soil water; Solute transport; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROBE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC SOIL; PORE WATERS; SOIL DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CALIBRATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MONITORING; PROBES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WETLANDS;

SOIL TESTING;

CALIBRATION; COASTAL WETLAND; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; POREWATER; PROBE; SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WETLAND;

EID: 79551600407     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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