Delineating water management zones in a paddy rice field using a Floating Soil Sensing System

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-12

  Islam, Mohammad Monirul ^a   Saey, Timothy ^a   Meerschman, Eef ^a   De Smedt, Philippe ^a   Meeuws, Fun ^a   Van De Vijver, Ellen ^a   Van Meirvenne, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apparent electrical conductivity; EM38; Inundated soil; Paddy rice fields; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; DATA SETS; DRY CONDITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SENSORS; EM38; FUZZY K-MEANS; GROWING PERIOD; INFILTRATION RATE; PADDY FIELDS; PADDY RICE; SAND CONTENT; SENSING PLATFORMS; SENSING SYSTEMS; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SENSING; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER; WATER FLUX; WATER INFILTRATION; WATER LEAKAGE; WATER RETENTION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; SEEPAGE; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLVENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; LEAKAGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PADDY FIELD; PERCOLATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RETENTION; ZONE;

EID: 81455131176     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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