Estimating topsoil water content of clay soils with data from time-lapse electrical conductivity surveys

Soil Science

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 369-376

  García, Gonzalo Martínez ^a,b   Vanderlinden, Karl ^a   Pachepsky, Yakov ^b   Cervera, Juan Vicente Giráldez ^c,d   Pérez, Antonio Jesús Espejo ^c  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

apparent electrical conductivity; multiple linear regressions; Soil water content; time lapse surveys; vertisol

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLAY SOIL; DATA SET; DIRECT DRILLING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVIMETRY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL; VERTISOL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84862199632     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31824eda57     Document Type: Article

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