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A review on the quantification of soil water balance components as a basis for agricultural water management with a focus on weighing lysimeters and soil water sensors / Ein Überblick über die Ermittlung von Wasserhaushaltsgrößen als Basis für die landeskulturelle Wasserwirtschaft mit Fokus auf Lysimeter und Bodenwassersensoren Cover

A review on the quantification of soil water balance components as a basis for agricultural water management with a focus on weighing lysimeters and soil water sensors / Ein Überblick über die Ermittlung von Wasserhaushaltsgrößen als Basis für die landeskulturelle Wasserwirtschaft mit Fokus auf Lysimeter und Bodenwassersensoren

By: Reinhard Nolz  
Open Access
|Dec 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/boku-2016-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2719-5430 | Journal ISSN: 0006-5471
Language: English
Page range: 133 - 144
Submitted on: Jun 6, 2016
Accepted on: Jul 28, 2016
Published on: Dec 2, 2016
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