A critical review of soil moisture measurement

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-105

  Susha Lekshmi, S U ^a   Singh, D N ^a   Shojaei Baghini, Maryam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Advance instrumentation; Measurement techniques; Moisture content; Nano sensors; Soils

Indexed keywords

MEMS; MINERALS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS; NANOSENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

ADVANCE INSTRUMENTATION; CONTENT DETERMINATION; CRITICAL REVIEW; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MATRIX STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

EID: 84900800600     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2014.04.007     Document Type: Review

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