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Peat water content measurement using time domain reflectometry

Summary

Published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22: 534-540

The calibration of time domain reflectometry, previously established for an organic soil of 0.422 Mg.m-3 bulk density, was established for peat blocks with bulk densities ranging from 0.06 to 0.25 Mg.m-3. An empirical relationship between the volumetric water content and the measured apparent dielectric constant was established in the laboratory. This relationship can be used to estimate volumetric water content between 0.21 and 0.95 cm3.cm-3 with a standard deviation of 0.03 cm3.cm-3. The large variations observed during the calibration were mainly attributed to the size and heterogeneousness of peat samples. When water tables in the field were high, standard deviation decreased to 0.02 cm3.cm-3, which agrees very well with other time domain reflectometry experiments.

Sector(s): 

Forests

Categorie(s): 

Scientific Article

Theme(s): 

Forestry Research, Forests, Silviculture

Author(s)

PEPIN, Steeve, André P. PLAMONDON and Jean STEIN

Year of publication :

1992

Format :

Paper

Keywords :

Silviculture and yield of natural forests – softwood stands, forestry research

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