Performance of the theta probe ML2 in the presence of nonuniform soil water profiles.

摘要

An attempt is made to investigate the soil permittivity regime which is predicted by ML2 theta probe in cases where a nonuniform soil moisture profile prevails. Our investigation was performed in laboratory columns, under temperature-controlled conditions for a number of different porous media. Five distinct cases, where the moisture regime could be established in a predesigned manner were tested. These are: (a) Air over a water or ethanol layer of changing thickness. (b) Air over a saturated porous material of changing thickness and the same in the reverse order