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Salinity Effects on Soil Moisture‐Electrical Resistance Relationships
Author(s) -
Ewart Geo. Yuan,
Baver L. D.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1951.036159950015000c0012x
Subject(s) - salinity , drainage , citation , sugar , resistance (ecology) , irrigation , section (typography) , environmental science , library science , computer science , agronomy , business , advertising , geology , ecology , biology , oceanography , biochemistry
Shaw and Baver (21, 22), Fletoher (13), Bouyoucos and Mick (5, 6), and Anderson and Edlefsen (1, 2, 3, 12) presented promising applications of electrometric measurements of soil moisture in terms of thermal conductance, resistance, and capacitance. Colman (8, 9) also developed a resistance method which, though intended for hydrologic research, was also offered as an agronomic tool. These new applications of an old principle serve, each to a greater or lesser degree, to nullify many of the sources of error inherent in the original methods. Although the thermal conductance method and the capacitance method both offer theoretical advantages, as pointed out by Kelley (15), Walliken (24), and others, they have not been developed to the point of becoming commercially available. Hence, they have not been receiving as much attention as the Bouyoucos and Mick and Colman resistance methods, which are readily available.