Impact of root water content on root biomass estimation using ground penetrating radar: Evidence from forward simulations and field controlled experiments

Plant and Soil

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 503-520

  Guo, Li ^a   Lin, Henry ^b   Fan, Bihang ^a   Cui, Xihong ^a   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled field experiment; Forward simulation; Ground penetrating radar; Noninvasive root investigation; Root biomass estimation; Root water content

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PLANT; REFLECTANCE; ROOT SYSTEM; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA;

ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 84884820865     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1710-4     Document Type: Article

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