Simultaneous monitoring of soil water content and salinity with a low-cost capacitance-resistance probe

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 17588-17607

  Scudiero, Elia ^a   Berti, Antonio ^a   Teatini, Pietro ^a   Morari, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitance resistance probe; Pore water electrical conductivity; Probe calibration; Salinity; Water content

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; PROBE CALIBRATION; SALINITY; SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENTS;

CAPACITANCE; COSTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBES; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SALINITY; SOIL;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SALINITY; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84871691188     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121217588     Document Type: Article

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