Publication detail

USING OF Z-METER DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT OF VOLUMETRIC MOISTURE OF SOIL

PAŘÍLKOVÁ, J. PAŘÍLEK, L. GOMBOŠ, M. TALL, A. KANDRA, B.

Original Title

USING OF Z-METER DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT OF VOLUMETRIC MOISTURE OF SOIL

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This contribution is devoted to measurements of soil moisture content using Z-meter device. Measured was silty-clay loam soil profile in locality Milhostov, which is situated in East Slovakian lowland. Monitored was period of cca. One month (from 7th June to 9th July 2010). Outputs shown, that Z-meter device is suitable for long-term monitoring of soil moisture content. The main disadvantage of Z-meter device under the conditions of heavy soils is its inaccuracy when cracks occur.

Keywords

Z-meter, soil moisture, soil cracks

Authors

PAŘÍLKOVÁ, J.; PAŘÍLEK, L.; GOMBOŠ, M.; TALL, A.; KANDRA, B.

RIV year

2010

Released

9. 9. 2010

Publisher

VUTIUM

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-4117-0

Book

EUREKA 2010, Schedule and Proceedings

Edition

neuv

Edition number

1

Pages from

129

Pages to

133

Pages count

5

URL

http://www.eureka3838.com

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT34840,
  author="Jana {Pařílková} and Luboš {Pařílek} and Milan {Gomboš} and Andrej {Tall} and Branislav {Kandra}",
  title="USING OF Z-METER DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT OF VOLUMETRIC MOISTURE OF SOIL",
  booktitle="EUREKA 2010, Schedule and Proceedings",
  year="2010",
  series="neuv",
  number="1",
  pages="129--133",
  publisher="VUTIUM",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-4117-0",
  url="http://www.eureka3838.com"
}