Application of soil electrical conductivity to precision agriculture: theory, principles, and guidelines

DL Corwin, SM Lesch - Agronomy journal, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Due in large measure to the prodigious research efforts of Rhoades and his colleagues at
the George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory over the past two decades, soil electrical …

[PDF][PDF] Best management practices in citrus production

F Abbas, A Fares - Tree and Forestry Science and Biotechnology, 2009 - academia.edu
There are growing concerns about the environmental impact of intensive agricultural
production including citrus cultivation on our natural resources, ie, water resources. In …

[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 …

Soil water content inverse profiling from single TDR waveforms

R Greco - Journal of hydrology, 2006 - Elsevier
An inverse procedure for the estimation of soil water content profiles along TDR probes is
presented. A TDR metallic probe is considered as a transmission line, for which relevant …

Imaging and characterization of solute transport during two tracer tests in a shallow aquifer using electrical resistivity tomography and multilevel groundwater samplers

K Müller, J Vanderborght, A Englert… - Water Resources …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The relevance of aquifer heterogeneity for flow and transport is recognized broadly;
however, its characterization is hampered by the inaccessibility of the subsurface. Time …

Methodological approach for evaluating the response of soil hydrological behavior to irrigation with treated municipal wastewater

A Coppola, A Santini, P Botti, S Vacca, V Comegna… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper aims mainly to provide experimental evidence of the consequences of urban
wastewater reuse in irrigation practices on the hydrological behavior of soils. The effects on …

Measurement of volumetric water content by TDR in saline soils

GCL Wyseure, MA Mojid… - European Journal of Soil …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐domain reflectometry (TDR) evaluates the bulk dielectric constant, K, of the soil by
measuring the travel time of an electromagnetic pulse through a sensor, and through it …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of critical water flow and solute transport parameters in different soils mixed with a synthetic zeolite

A Comegna, C Belviso, AR Rivelli, A Coppola… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
The addition of natural or synthetic zeolites alters a soil's chemical, physical and biological
properties. Due to the existence of a complex internal structure, zeolites have the potential to …

Comparison of three methods to calibrate TDR for monitoring solute movement in undisturbed soil

D Mallants, M Vanclooster… - Soil Science Society …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is rapidly becoming a popular method for measuring
solute concentrations in the laboratory as well as in the field. Success or failure of TDR to …

Estimating solute transport in undisturbed soil columns using time-domain reflectometry

D Mallants, M Vanclooster, M Meddahi… - Journal of contaminant …, 1994 - Elsevier
Time-domain reflectometry (TDR) was used to monitor solute breakthrough curves (BTC's) in
30 saturated undisturbed soil columns collected along a 35-m-long transect in the field. The …