An automatic soil pore-water salinity sensor based on a wetting-front detector

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-254

  Skinner, Andrew J ^a   Lambert, Martin F ^b  

^a Measurement Engineering Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analog to digital converter (ADC); Electrical conductivity (EC) sensor; Platinum resistance temperature device (PRTD); Soil salinity; Soil solution sampler; Wetting front detector

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; IRRIGATION; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; PLATINUM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WETTING;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PLATINUM RESISTANCES; SOIL SALINITY; SOIL SOLUTIONS; WETTING FRONT DETECTORS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 84875222751     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2051325     Document Type: Article

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