Measurement depth of the cosmic ray soil moisture probe affected by hydrogen from various sources

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Franz, Trenton E ^a   Zreda, M ^a   Ferre, T P A ^a   Rosolem, R ^a   Zweck, C ^a   Stillman, S ^a   Zeng, X ^a   Shuttleworth, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; COMBINED MODELING; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR; FLOW CONDITION; HYDROGEN SOURCES; ISOTROPIC MEDIA; LATTICE WATER; LINEAR SENSITIVITY; MOISTURE PROBE; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NEAR-SURFACE; NEUTRON SIGNAL; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; PISTON FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES; SOIL SOLIDS; SOIL TYPES; UNIVERSAL CALIBRATION; VERTICAL VARIATION; WATER FLOWS; WATER FLUX; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMIC RAYS; HYDROGEN; NEUTRONS; PROBES; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION; COSMIC RAY; DRAINAGE; EVAPORATION; HYDROGEN; INFILTRATION; ISOTROPY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBE; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865448917     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR011871     Document Type: Article

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