Low-field NMR logging sensor for measuring hydraulic parameters of model soils

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 30-38

  Sucre, Oscar ^a   Pohlmeier, Andreas ^b   Minière, Adrien ^a   Blümich, Bernhard ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Hydraulic parameters; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Relaxation analysis; Richards equation; Soils

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION CURVE; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INITIAL MOISTURE; LAPLACE TRANSFORMATIONS; LOW-FIELD NMR; MATLAB CODE; MOISTURE DEPLETION; MOISTURE PROFILES; NMR SIGNALS; NMR TECHNIQUES; NON-INVASIVE; NONINVASIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL DATA; PURE WATER; RELAXATION ANALYSIS; RICHARDS EQUATION; SANDY SOILS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SLICE;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATLAB; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC LOGGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESONANCE; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ACETATE; CLAY SOIL; CLIMATE MODELING; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMETERIZATION; RICHARDS EQUATION; SANDY SOIL; SATURATION; SENSOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79961026335     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.045     Document Type: Article

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