A simple method for calibrating dielectric soil moisture sensors: Laboratory validation in sands

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 526-531

  Sakaki, Toshihiro ^a   Limsuwat, Anuchit ^a   Illangasekare, Tissa H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CALIBRATION FUNCTIONS; FITTING PARAMETERS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOMOGENEOUS FIELD; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MIXING MODELS; POLYNOMIAL MODELS; SATURATED SOILS; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; SENSOR OUTPUT; SIMPLE METHOD; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; SOIL SAMPLE; SPECIFIC SENSORS; TWO-POINT; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MIXING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER CONTENT;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; SAND; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79960142107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0036     Document Type: Article

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