Evaluation of several calibration procedures for a portable soil moisture sensor

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 498, Issue , 2013, Pages 335-344

  Rowlandson, Tracy L ^a   Berg, Aaron A ^a   Bullock, Paul R ^b   Ojo, E RoTimi ^b   McNairn, Heather ^c   Wiseman, Grant ^c   Cosh, Michael H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Impedance probes; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; IMPEDANCE PROBE; INDIVIDUAL CALIBRATIONS; REMOTELY SENSED SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS;

PROBES; SAMPLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAVIMETRY; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

EID: 84880835732     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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