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Published on: December 21, 2019
A TDR-based soil moisture monitoring system with simultaneous measurement of soil temperature and electrical
Wojciech Skierucha1, Andrzej Wilczek, Agnieszka Szypłowska
1Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland. w.skierucha@ipan.lublin.pl
Abstract:
Elements of design and a field application of a TDR-based soil moisture and electrical conductivity monitoring system are described with detailed presentation of the time delay units with a resolution of 10 ps. Other issues discussed include the temperature correction of the applied time delay units, battery supply characteristics and the measurement results from one of the installed ground measurement stations in the Polesie National Park in Poland.
