A review of time domain reflectometry (TDR) applications in porous media

H He, K Aogu, M Li, J Xu, W Sheng, SB Jones… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is the most widely used non-destructive method to
determine the water content of soils and other porous media. TDR equipment can be …

Potential of wireless sensor networks for measuring soil water content variability

HR Bogena, M Herbst, JA Huisman… - Vadose Zone …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Soil water content (SWC) plays a key role in partitioning water and energy fluxes at the land
surface and in controlling hydrologic fluxes such as groundwater recharge. Despite the …

Electromagnetic techniques for moisture content determination of materials

U Kaatze, C Hübner - Measurement Science and Technology, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Based on a short introduction to the dielectric properties of water and aqueous solutions, this
review summarizes current techniques of electromagnetic aquametry. The techniques …

Precise irrigation scheduling for turfgrass using a subsurface electromagnetic soil moisture sensor

JM Blonquist Jr, SB Jones, DA Robinson - Agricultural water management, 2006 - Elsevier
Instrumented weather stations are often used for evapotranspiration (ET) determination in
order to estimate crop water use for irrigation scheduling. A direct estimate of crop water use …

Empirical two‐point α‐mixing model for calibrating the ECH2O EC‐5 soil moisture sensor in sands

T Sakaki, A Limsuwat, KM Smits… - Water resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Recently improved ECH2O soil moisture sensors have received significant attention in many
field and laboratory applications. Focusing on the EC‐5 sensor, a simple and robust …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-year belowground data of minirhizotron facilities in Selhausen

L Lärm, FM Bauer, N Hermes, J van der Kruk… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
The production of crops secure the human food supply, but climate change is bringing new
challenges. Dynamic plant growth and corresponding environmental data are required to …

Sensor‐to‐Sensor Variability of the ECH2O EC‐5, TE, and 5TE Sensors in Dielectric Liquids

U Rosenbaum, JA Huisman, A Weuthen… - Vadose Zone …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐budget sensors used in wireless soil water content sensor networks typically show
considerable variation. Because of the large number of sensors in sensor network …

Performance evaluation of a recently developed soil water content, dielectric permittivity, and bulk electrical conductivity electromagnetic sensor

G Kargas, KX Soulis - Agricultural Water Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract CS655 Water Content Reflectometer (WCR)(Campbell Scientific, Inc., Logan, UT,
USA) is a recently developed multiparameter electromagnetic sensor measuring volumetric …

A dielectric mixing model accounting for soil organic matter

CH Park, C Montzka, T Jagdhuber… - Vadose Zone …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas In the proposed model, the wilting point and porosity are a function of organic
matter. In organic‐rich soil, the model improves accuracy of the microwave radiative transfer …

Performance analysis and calibration of a new low-cost capacitance soil moisture sensor

G Kargas, KX Soulis - Journal of Irrigation and Drainage …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
Several newly developed sensors based on capacitance and frequency techniques have
simplified real-time determination of soil water content (θ). The 10HS sensor is one of the …