Use of microwave remote sensors for determination of water in sub-soils

Student supported: 1 Graduate AssistantThe development of instruments for rapidly measuring the water content of subsoils is important in many areas of water resources research. For example, knowing the excess or lack of subsoil water can improve crops. The marked dielectric contrast, which exists between water and other common soil constituents (Fig. 1 and Table I) at microwave frequencies, provides a valuable means of sensing water content in soil.Project # A-070-MO Agreement # 14-31-0001-402