TDR moisture measurements in sand-like materials: A comparison between different calibration procedures

15th IMEKO Symposium on Novelties in Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation in Parallel with the 12th Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Vallone, M ^a   Cataldo, A ^a   Tarricone, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION METHOD; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE MONITORING; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WELL-ESTABLISHED TECHNIQUES;

CHARACTERIZATION; MEASUREMENTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION;

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