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Cosmic-ray neutron probes are widely used to monitor environmental water content near the surface. The method averages over tens of hectares and is unrivaled in serving representative data for agriculture and hydrological models at the hectometer scale. Recent experiments, however, indicate that the...

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Main Authors: Köhli, Markus (Author) , Schrön, Martin (Author) , Zreda, M. (Author) , Schmidt, Ulrich (Author) , Dietrich, P. (Author) , Zacharias, S. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 29 Jul 2015
In: Water resources research
Year: 2015, Volume: 51, Issue: 7, Pages: 5772-5790
ISSN:1944-7973
DOI:10.1002/2015WR017169
Online Access:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017169
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2015WR017169
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Author Notes:M. Köhli, M. Schrön, M. Zreda, U. Schmidt, P. Dietrich, and S. Zacharias

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