Title
A software tool to visualize soil moisture dynamics of an irregular-shaped profile
Abstract
Software for two dimensional visualization of values that have been automatically measured with in place sensors is difficult to find. Usually these programs assume a regular area and a regular grid of measuring points. In practice, however, both the shape of the area and the position of the sensors are often irregular. This paper describes the program TDRFree, which visualizes the soil moisture content that has been automatically measured with a set of measuring devices distributed over an irregular 2-dimensional soil profile. The output consists of a series of contour-plots which can be easily combined and presented as an animation. It is also possible to generate values for a derived property such as soil water repellency, which depends on moisture content. The program can be applied to any data set that is measured in a 2-dimensional grid.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.cageo.2013.06.017
Computers & Geosciences
Keywords
Field
DocType
moisture content,software tool,irregular-shaped profile,regular area,2-dimensional grid,soil moisture content,2-dimensional soil profile,dimensional visualization,program tdrfree,soil moisture dynamic,regular grid,soil water repellency,movies,time domain reflectometry
Computer graphics (images),Regular grid,Computer science,Visualization,Software,Soil horizon,Animation,Water content,Grid,Soil water
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
60,
0098-3004
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jan G. Wesseling142.58
Klaas Oostindie241.90
Coen J. Ritsema3103.02
Louis W. Dekker441.90