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Article
Summary of Advances in Heat-Pulse Methods: Measuring Near-Surface Soil Water Content
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2018
DOI
10.2136/sssaj2018.04.0138
Abstract
Surface layer soil water content is important for evaporation, surface energy balance, seed germination, residue decomposition, microbial activity, and many other biological, chemical, and physical processes. The standard method (i.e., the gravimetric method) for measuring soil water content requires destructive sampling and is unsuitable for continuous measurement. Techniques such as neutron thermalization and time domain reflectometry suffer relatively large errors in measuring soil water content near the surface. In a recent Methods of Soil Analysis article, the authors present the principles and procedures for using a heat-pulse sensor to determine near-surface soil water content.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International
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Soil Science Society of America
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Xiao Zhang, Tusheng Ren, Joshua Heitman and Robert Horton. "Summary of Advances in Heat-Pulse Methods: Measuring Near-Surface Soil Water Content" Soil Science Society of America Journal Vol. 82 Iss. 5 (2018) p. 1015 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert-horton/124/
This article is published as Zhang, Xiao, Tusheng Ren, Joshua Heitman, and Robert Horton. "Summary of Advances in Heat-Pulse Methods: Measuring Near-Surface Soil Water Content." Soil Science Society of America Journal 82, no. 5 (2018): 1015. doi: 10.2136/sssaj2018.04.0138.