Soil Moisture Measurement With The Neutron Method

Evaluates methods for measuring soil moisture and describes the equipment used.

Application in agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Science. Neutron moisture meter theory. Instrument design. Accuracy, bias and precision. Calibration. Field installation and maintenance. Site selection and representivity. Field practice, data acquisition and processing. Safety aspects.

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Excerpt from Handbook on Measurement of Soil Moisture by the Neutron Scattering Method: A Compilation of Available Information for Use Within U. S. Forest Service Sampling destroys the site, injures vegetation, and inter feres with natural soil moisture dynamics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.