Field validation of a cosmic-ray neutron sensor using a distributed sensor network

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Franz, Trenton E ^a   Zreda, M ^a   Rosolem, R ^a   Ferre, T P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; COSMIC RAY NEUTRON; DAILY EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; DRYLAND; FIELD VALIDATION; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION; LAND SURFACE MODELS; NEAR-SURFACE; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; POINT MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS; SPATIAL SCALE; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; TIME-DOMAIN TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL VARIATION; WATER FLUX;

COSMIC RAYS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOIL MOISTURE;

NEUTRONS;

COSMIC RAY; DATA SET; DRYLAND FARMING; ELECTRON; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RESOLUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868571138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0046     Document Type: Article

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