Soil Water Determination for Field Applications: Current Problems, Advances in Technology, and Scale Issues: II

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Convention Center, Exhibit Hall BC, Second Floor
Presiding:
Robert C. Schwartz
Organizer:
Steven R. Evett
Developing a Ruggedized Soil Moisture Sensor for 10+ Year Climate Observatories.
Douglas R. Cobos, Decagon Devices, Inc.; Gaylon S. Campbell, Decagon Devices, Inc.; Colin S. Campbell, Decagon Devices, Inc.; Martin G. Buehler, Decagon Devices, Inc.
Comparison of Soil Water Content Distributions Between Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Cropland During the BEAREX08 Experiment.
Lynn McKee, USDA-ARS; Michael H. Cosh, USDA-ARS, Hydrology & Remote Sensing Lab.; Steve Evett, USDA-ARS
A New Heat Pulse Sensor for Measuring Soil Profile Evaporation.
Xiao Zhang, China Agricultural Univ.; Sen Lu, China Agricultural Univ.; Joshua Heitman, North Carolina State Univ.; Robert Horton, Iowa State Univ.; Tusheng Ren, China Agricultural Univ.
Soil Moisture, Thermal Property and Salinity Measurements with a Button Heat Pulse Probe.
Tamir Kamai, Univ. of California, Davis; Gerard J. Kluitenberg, Kansas State Univ.; Jan Hopmans, Univ. of California, Davis
Soil Moisture Characterization with the North Carolina Environmental and Climate Observing Network.
Weinan Pan, North Carolina State Univ.; J.L. Heitman, North Carolina State Univ.; R.P. Boyles, State Climate Office of NC and NC State Univ.; J.G. White, North Carolina State Univ.