EFFECT OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF INSTALLATION OF FIBERGLAS SOIL MOISTURE UNITS ON DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN FIELD AND LABORATORY CALIBRATIONS
- 1 June 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Soil Science
- Vol. 48 (2) , 97-107
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjss68-012
Abstract
Fiberglas soil moisture units, installed in three different ways, were calibrated both in the field and the laboratory. Laboratory calibration curves of units installed with a hydraulic inserter were most similar to field calibration curves, especially in the dry range. Replication of laboratory calibration of units installed in undisturbed soil resulted in a perfect fit of all data for each unit to its curve. A good fit of all points was obtained in the replication of field calibrations when protection tents were used to minimize hysteresis effects.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE UNITS FOR MOISTURE MEASUREMENTSSoil Science, 1958