Micro-chilled-mirror hygrometer for measuring water potential in relatively dry and partially frozen soils

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1938-1945

  Watanabe, Kunio ^a   Takeuchi, Megumi ^a   Osada, Yurie ^a   Ibata, Kazumasa ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMATAKE CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID AREA; CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; DRY SOIL; EQUILIBRIUM GEOMETRIES; EVAPORATION PROCESS; FREEZING-THAWING; RAPID RESPONSE TIME; REQUIRED TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSOR HEAD; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL PORES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TYPES; SOIL WATER FLOWS; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WATER POTENTIAL;

ARID REGIONS; EVAPORATION; HYGROMETERS; MOISTURE METERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; THAWING;

FROZEN SOILS;

ARID REGION; EVAPORATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GEOMETRY; POROSITY; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

EID: 84870212984     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0070     Document Type: Article

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