Noninvasive monitoring of soil static characteristics and dynamic states: A case study highlighting vegetation effects on agricultural land

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Cassiani, Giorgio ^a   Ursino, Nadia ^a   Deiana, Rita ^a   Vignoli, Giulio ^b,c   Boaga, Jacopo ^a   Rossi, Matteo ^a   Perri, Maria Teresa ^a   Blaschek, Michael ^d   Duttmann, Rainer ^d   Meyer, Swen ^e   Ludwig, Ralf ^e   Soddu, Antonino ^f   Dietrich, Peter ^g   Werban, Ulrike ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f AGRIS Sardegna   (Italy)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; DATA SETS; DYNAMIC STATE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; NON-INVASIVE MONITORING; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; ROOT ZONE; SARDINIA; SEMI-ARID REGION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL-VEGETATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATIC CHARACTERISTIC; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VEGETATION EFFECTS; WETTING PROCESS;

ARID REGIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; TOMOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84869385119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0195     Document Type: Article

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