Polymer tensiometers with ceramic cones: direct observations of matric pressures in drying soils

Measuring soil water potentials is crucial to characterize vadose zone processes. Conventional tensiometers only measure until approximately −0.09 MPa, and indirect methods may suffer from the non-uniqueness in the relationship between matric potential and measured properties. Recently developed pol...

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Main Authors: M. J. van der Ploeg, H. P. A. Gooren, G. Bakker, C. W. Hoogendam, C. Huiskes, L. K. Koopal, H. Kruidhof, G. H. de Rooij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-10-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/14/1787/2010/hess-14-1787-2010.pdf