FIELD SCALE PATTERNS OF SOIL WATER STORAGE FROM NON-CONTACTING MEASUREMENTS OF BULK ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Soil Science
- Vol. 70 (3) , 537-542
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjss90-056
Abstract
Soil water storage (0–1.7 m) was measured every 10 m in a 660-m-long transect using a neutron probe and compared to bulk electrical conductivity, ECA, measurements obtained using noncontacting electomagnetic induction meters. Coherency analysis indicated a lack of correlation at scales less than 40 m. At scales greater than 40 m, ECA explained more than 80% of the variation of soil water storage. Measurement of ECA should be a simple and fast method of determining general field patterns of soil water storage. Key words: Spatial variability, soil water, coherency, electromagnetic inductionThis publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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