In-soil and down-hole soil water sensors: Characteristics for irrigation management

ASABE - 5th National Decennial Irrigation Conference 2010, Held in Conjunction with Irrigation Show 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 430-440

  Evett, Steven R ^a   Schwartz, Robert C ^a   Lascano, Robert J ^a   Pelletier, Mathew G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation management; Irrigation scheduling; Sensors; Soil water content; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLAYEY SOILS; CONTENT VARIATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; GRAVIMETRIC SAMPLING; HIGH COSTS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; POINT SENSORS; PROBE MEASUREMENTS; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL-SPECIFIC CALIBRATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TUBE-TYPE; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ERRORS; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT; PROBES; SCHEDULING; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79955113438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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