A review of time domain reflectometry (TDR) applications in porous media

H He, K Aogu, M Li, J Xu, W Sheng, SB Jones… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is the most widely used non-destructive method to
determine the water content of soils and other porous media. TDR equipment can be …

Time and frequency domain reflectometry for the measurement of tree stem water content: A review, evaluation, and future perspectives

H He, NC Turner, K Aogu, M Dyck, H Feng, B Si… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic (EM) methods for estimation of water content in porous media (eg, soil and
tree stems) are based on estimates of the media's bulk dielectric permittivity, which is …

Soil moisture at local scale: Measurements and simulations

N Romano - Journal of Hydrology, 2014 - Elsevier
Soil moisture refers to the water present in the uppermost part of a field soil and is a state
variable controlling a wide array of ecological, hydrological, geotechnical, and …

Investigation on rainwater infiltration into layered shallow covers in pyroclastic soils and its effect on slope stability

E Damiano, R Greco, A Guida, L Olivares… - Engineering Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, a number of flowslides and debris flows triggered by rainfall affected a wide
mountainous area surrounding the Piana Campana (Southern Italy). The involved slopes …

In situ monitoring of the groundwater field in an unsaturated pyroclastic slope for slope stability evaluation

M Pirone, R Papa, MV Nicotera, G Urciuoli - Landslides, 2015 - Springer
In the last 15 years, a series of catastrophic flowslides involving pyroclastic unsaturated soils
has caused severe damage and a number of fatalities in the Campania region (southern …

Soil water content and suction monitoring in model slopes for shallow flowslides early warning applications

R Greco, A Guida, E Damiano, L Olivares - … Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A …, 2010 - Elsevier
The results of laboratory infiltration experiments on instrumented model slopes are
presented. Loose granular volcanic ashes from the mountainous area north-eastern of …

Recent Advances in Dielectric Properties-Based Soil Water Content Measurements

MI Abdulraheem, H Chen, L Li, AY Moshood, W Zhang… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Dielectric properties are crucial in understanding the behavior of water within soil,
particularly the soil water content (SWC), as they measure a material's ability to store an …

Monitoring the hydrological balance of a landslide-prone slope covered by pyroclastic deposits over limestone fractured bedrock

P Marino, L Comegna, E Damiano, L Olivares, R Greco - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many mountainous areas in Campania, Southern Italy, are characterized by steep slopes
covered by loose unsaturated pyroclastic deposits laying upon fractured limestone bedrock …

[HTML][HTML] An Integrated Hydrogeophysical Approach for Unsaturated Zone Monitoring Using Time Domain Reflectometry, Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Ground …

A Papadopoulos, G Apostolopoulos, A Kallioras - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Continuous measurements of soil moisture in the deeper parts of the unsaturated zone
remain an important challenge. This study examines the development of an integrated …

Map** the spatial variation of soil moisture at the large scale using GPR for pavement applications

A Benedetto, F Tosti, B Ortuani, M Giudici… - Near Surface …, 2015 - earthdoc.org
The characterization of shallow soil moisture spatial variability at the large scale is a crucial
issue in many research studies and fields of application ranging from agriculture and …