Performance analysis of capacitance and electrical resistance-type soil moisture sensors in a silt loam soil

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 649-665

  Rudnick, D R ^a   Djaman, K ^b   Irmak, S ^a  

^a University of Nebraska Lincoln   (United States)

^b Centre du riz pour l'Afrique Senegal   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Capacitance probe; Electrical resistance sensors; Neutron gauge; Soil moisture sensors; Soil water retention curve; Water content

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; CAPACITANCE; CROPS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GAGES; IRRIGATION; LABORATORIES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE METERS; PROBES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER CONTENT;

CAPACITANCE PROBES; CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE SENSORS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; CLAY LOAM; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSOR; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

CLAY CENTER; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937808542     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.58.10761     Document Type: Article

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