Integral quantification of seasonal soil moisture changes in farmland by cosmic-ray neutrons

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3843-3859

  Rivera Villarreyes, C A ^a   Baroni, G ^a   Oswald, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; COSMIC RAY NEUTRON; ENERGY RANGES; GERMANY; MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MONITORING PERIODS; NEUTRON COUNTING; POINT MEASUREMENT; SNOW COVERS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY; VADOSE ZONE HYDROLOGY; WET PERIOD;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; COSMIC RAYS; CROPS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; NEUTRONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; COSMIC RAY; MAIZE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; VADOSE ZONE;

GERMANY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855790698     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3843-2011     Document Type: Article

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