Empirical two-point α-mixing model for calibrating the ECH 2O EC-5 soil moisture sensor in sands

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Sakaki, Toshihiro ^a   Limsuwat, Anuchit ^a   Smits, Kathleen M ^a   Illangasekare, Tissa H ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CALIBRATION; MIXING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS; SAND; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; CALIBRATION CURVES; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; QUADRATIC MODELING; ROBUST CALIBRATION; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

CALIBRATION; MODEL TEST; SAND; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 79551666076     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006870     Document Type: Article

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