Field Estimation of Soil Water Content. A Practical Guide to Methods, Instrumentation and Sensor Technology

The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance for field scientists who are not instrumentation experts but who wish to determine soil water content as part of their work. This publication is targeted to help those setting up soil water monitoring projects in the developing countries where expertise in many technologies is not readily available. However, it also has value to anyone planning a project involving the determination of field soil water content. Most importantly, it will also give some guidance as to what corroborative measurements are needed to check the performance of water sensing technology being used.

IAEA (2008): Field Estimation of Soil Water Content. A Practical Guide to Methods, Instrumentation and Sensor Technology. Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) URL [Accessed: 18.07.2012]