A TDR-waveform approach to estimate soil water content in electrically conductive soils

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 160-168

  Cristi, Felipe ^a   Fierro, Verónica ^a   Suárez, Francisco ^a,b   Muñoz, José F ^a   Hausner, Mark B ^b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable CONICYT FONDAP 15110020   (Chile)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Saline soils; Soil moisture determination; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; SALINE SOIL; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; REFLECTOMETRY; SALINE SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84952670470     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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