A critical review of soil moisture measurement

SL SU, DN Singh, MS Baghini - Measurement, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil moisture content has paramount importance in dictating engineering, agronomic,
geological, ecological, biological and hydrological characteristics of the soil mass. Though …

[HTML][HTML] A review of new TDR applications for measuring non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) in soils

A Comegna, G Severino, A Coppola - Environmental Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The time domain reflectometry (TDR) technique is a geophysical method that allows, in a
time-varying electric field, the determination of dielectric permittivity and electrical …

Quantitative imaging of solute transport in an unsaturated and undisturbed soil monolith with 3‐D ERT and TDR

J Koestel, A Kemna, M Javaux, A Binley… - Water resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) has proved to be a valuable tool for imaging solute
transport processes in the subsurface. However, a quantitative interpretation of …

Electrical properties of frozen saline clay and their relationship with unfrozen water content

J Liu, P Yang, ZJ Yang - Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The unfrozen water content has a significant impact on the mechanical and thermal
properties of saline soils during freezing, and their electrical properties measured by …

Determining water content and bulk density: The heat-pulse method outperforms the thermo-TDR method in high-salinity soils

W Peng, Y Lu, M Wang, T Ren, R Horton - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Heat-pulse (HP) and thermo-time domain reflectometry (thermo-TDR) methods have been
used to determine soil thermal properties, water content (θ) and bulk density (ρ b) …

Estimation of soil hydraulic parameters in the field by integrated hydrogeophysical inversion of time‐lapse ground‐penetrating radar data

KZ Jadoon, L Weihermüller, B Scharnagl… - Vadose Zone …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
An integrated hydrogeophysical inversion approach was used to remotely infer the
unsaturated soil hydraulic parameters from time‐lapse ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) data …

[HTML][HTML] Calibrating electromagnetic induction conductivities with time-domain reflectometry measurements

G Dragonetti, A Comegna, A Ajeel… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2018 - hess.copernicus.org
This paper deals with the issue of monitoring the spatial distribution of bulk electrical
conductivity, σ b, in the soil root zone by using electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors …

Coupled hydrogeophysical inversion of electrical resistances and inflow measurements for topsoil hydraulic properties under constant head infiltration

CM Mboh, JA Huisman, N Van Gaelen… - Near Surface …, 2012 - earthdoc.org
Accurate estimation of topsoil hydraulic properties is important for understanding water flow
and solute transport in the vadose zone. Coupled hydrogeophysical inversion schemes that …

A generalized frequency domain reflectometry modeling technique for soil electrical properties determination

J Minet, S Lambot, G Delaide, JA Huisman… - Vadose zone …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We have developed a generalized frequency domain reflectometry (FDR) technique for soil
characterization that is based on an electromagnetic model decoupling the cable and probe …

Broadband reflectometry for diagnostics and monitoring applications

A Cataldo, E De Benedetto - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reflectometry is a powerful technique that can be effectively employed for a number of
practical applications; in particular, the high versatility, the real-time response, and the …