Title :
A new methodology for monitoring soil status
Author :
Catelani, M. ; Battista, P. ; Benincasa, F.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Univ. di Firenze, Italy
Abstract :
The quantitative and qualitative monitoring of the moisture is of great importance both in agriculture and environment protection. The paper presents a measurement procedure for the evaluation of the relationship between moisture and dielectric permittivity, by using bifilar copper lines buried in soil at different depth. Particular attention is given to the effects of salinity and temperature on the results of measurement
Keywords :
agriculture; environmental factors; geophysical techniques; moisture measurement; monitoring; permittivity measurement; soil; agriculture; bifilar copper lines; buried; dielectric permittivity; environment protection; moisture; qualitative monitoring; quantitative monitoring; salinity; soil status; temperature; Agriculture; Copper; Dielectric measurements; Moisture measurement; Monitoring; Particle measurements; Permittivity measurement; Protection; Soil measurements; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1996. IMTC-96. Conference Proceedings. Quality Measurements: The Indispensable Bridge between Theory and Reality., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3312-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1996.507391
