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Comments on ‘ Considerations on the use of time‐domain reflectometry (TDR) for measuring soil water content ’ by W.R. Whalley

1994; Wiley; Volume: 45; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2389.1994.tb00536.x

1365-2389

Ian White, J. H. Knight, S. Zegelin, G. C. Topp,

Geophysical Methods and Applications

European Journal of Soil ScienceVolume 45, Issue 4 p. 503-508 Comments on 'Considerations on the use of time-domain reflectometry (TDR) for measuring soil water content' by W.R. Whalley I. WHITE, I. WHITE CSIRO Centre for Environmental Mechanics, GPO Box 821, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia and Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, K1A OC6 CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorJ.H. KNIGHT, J.H. KNIGHT CSIRO Centre for Environmental Mechanics, GPO Box 821, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia and Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, K1A OC6 CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorS.J. ZEGELIN, S.J. ZEGELIN CSIRO Centre for Environmental Mechanics, GPO Box 821, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia and Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, K1A OC6 CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorG.C. TOPP, G.C. TOPP CSIRO Centre for Environmental Mechanics, GPO Box 821, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia and Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, K1A OC6 CanadaSearch for more papers by this author I. WHITE, I. WHITE CSIRO Centre for Environmental Mechanics, GPO Box 821, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia and Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, K1A OC6 CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorJ.H. KNIGHT, J.H. KNIGHT CSIRO Centre for Environmental Mechanics, GPO Box 821, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia and Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, K1A OC6 CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorS.J. ZEGELIN, S.J. ZEGELIN CSIRO Centre for Environmental Mechanics, GPO Box 821, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia and Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, K1A OC6 CanadaSearch for more papers by this authorG.C. TOPP, G.C. 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