Electrical resistivity in a loamy soil: Identification of the appropriate pedo-electrical model

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1023-1033

  Laloy, E ^a,b   Javaux, M ^a,c   Vanclooster, M ^a   Roisin, C ^d   Bielders, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; BULK DENSITY; CONDUCTIVITY MODELS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; LOAMY SOILS; MODEL PREDICTION; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SILT LOAM SOILS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL POROSITY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUME-AVERAGING;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BULK DENSITY; CALIBRATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; LOAM; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; POROSITY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84860389080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0095     Document Type: Article

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