Title :
Microwave soil moisture sensors
Author :
Will, Bianca ; Crnojevic-Bengin, V. ; Kitic, Goran
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microwave Syst., Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Abstract :
This contribution describes emerging sensor concepts for soil moisture measurements, which are based on microwave measurements. The presented sensor concepts allow a permittivity measurement of the investigated soil what yields a precise knowledge of its water content. The three sensors, one operating in the time domain and two operating in the frequency domain, are optimized for different intended applications. Thus, each sensor offers specific advantages due to its functional principle.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; microwave detectors; moisture measurement; permittivity measurement; soil; frequency domain; microwave soil moisture sensors; permittivity measurement; soil moisture measurements; time domain; water content; Moisture measurement; Permittivity measurement; Sensors; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Transmission line measurements; frequency domain; soil moisture; time domain;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European
Conference_Location :
Nuremberg
