The soil moisture active passive marena, Oklahoma, in situ sensor testbed (SMAP-MOISST): Testbed design and evaluation of in situ sensors

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Cosh, Michael H ^a   Ochsner, Tyson E ^b   McKee, Lynn ^a   Dong, Jingnuo ^b   Basara, Jeffrey B ^c   Evett, Steven R ^d   Hatch, Christine E ^e   Small, Eric E ^f   Steele Dunne, Susan C ^g   Zreda, Marek ^h   Sayde, Chadi ⁱ  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d USDA ARS Crop Production Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PROBES; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TESTBEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; INSTALLATION PRACTICES; REMOTE SENSING MISSIONS; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; SITE SPECIFIC CALIBRATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COSMIC RAY; DATABASE; DIAMETER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INSTALLATION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MONITORING SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

HYDRA;

EID: 84963812746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2015.09.0122     Document Type: Article

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