A Novel Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) System for Water Content Estimation in Soils: Development and Application.

ABSTRACT: Nowadays, there is a particular need to estimate soil water content accurately over space and time scales in various applications. For example, precision agriculture, as well as the fields of geology, ecology, and hydrology, necessitate rapid, onsite water content measurements. 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 conductivity for a wide class of porous materials. Measuring the volumetric water content in soils is the most frequent application of TDR in soil science and soil hydrology. TDR has grown in popularity over the last 40 years because it is a practical and non-destructive technique that provides laboratory and field-scale measurements. However

SUBMITTER: Comegna A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11859294 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature