Status and perspectives on the cosmic‐ray neutron method for soil moisture estimation and other environmental science applications

M Andreasen, KH Jensen, D Desilets… - Vadose Zone …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Numerous studies have been conducted to develop and examine the accuracy
of the method. Cosmic‐ray neutron soil moisture estimates compare well with independent …

Improving calibration and validation of cosmic-ray neutron sensors in the light of spatial sensitivity

M Schrön, M Köhli, L Scheiffele, J Iwema… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
In the last few years the method of cosmic-ray neutron sensing (CRNS) has gained
popularity among hydrologists, physicists, and land-surface modelers. The sensor provides …

[HTML][HTML] In search of pragmatic soil moisture map** at the field scale: a review

P Weir, P Dahlhaus - Smart Agricultural Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil moisture is a major limiting factor in most dryland agricultural production systems
around the globe. In dryland agriculture the amount of water available to grow a crop is …

Soil moisture and air humidity dependence of the above-ground cosmic-ray neutron intensity

M Köhli, J Weimar, M Schrön, R Baatz, U Schmidt - Frontiers in Water, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Investigations of neutron transport through air and soil by Monte Carlo simulations led to
major advancements toward a precise interpretation of measurements; they particularly …

An Energy-Efficient Hybrid SAR-VCO Capacitance-to-Digital Converter in 40-nm CMOS

A Sanyal, N Sun - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a highly digital, 0-1 MASH capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC). The
CDC works by sampling a reference voltage on the sensing capacitor and then quantizing …

Advances in soil moisture monitoring using cosmic ray neutron probe method

Y ZHAO, X LI, J JI, X ZOU, K XUAN, W WANG… - Journal of Ecology and …, 2019 - ere.ac.cn
Soil water plays an important role in the critical zone water cycle, and the results of soil water
content observation can in some way affect the allocation of water resources, determination …

[PDF][PDF] Opportunities and limitations of the cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensor under humid conditions

J Iwema - 2017 - indico.ictp.it
Ascale gap in soil moisture measurement techniques, at scales of metres to hundreds of
metres in horizontal space and minutes to a day in time, has been existing for decades …

Applications of Nuclear Technology in Agriculture

S Luo - Nuclear Science and Technology: Isotopes and …, 2023 - Springer
As early as the 1940s, the interpenetration and integration of nuclear technology and
agricultural science and technology had begun. It was not until the 1970s that the concepts …

宇宙射线中子法在土壤水分监测研究中的应用进展

赵原, **晓鹏, 纪景纯, 邹晓娟, 宣可凡, 王伟鹏… - 生态与农村环境 …, 2019 - ere.ac.cn
宇宙射线中子法(cosmic ray neutron probe, CRNP) 是一种通过监测**地表宇宙射线中子流
变化来预测土壤含水量的方法. 该方法的突出特点在于百米范围的监测尺度 …

基于 COSMIC 模型的宇宙射线中子反演荒漠⁃ 绿洲区土壤水分.

吴绍雄, 张勇勇, 赵文智, 康文蓉… - Yingyong Shengtai …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
摘要宇宙射线中子技术通过监测**地面中子**度, 反演百米尺度范围内**均土壤水分状况,
已成功应用于森林, 草地和农田等生态系统. 为验证COSMIC 模型反演干旱区中尺度土壤水分的 …