Andrew W. Western 1
J. Paul Tyndale-Biscoe 1
Graham A. Moore 1
Water and the Environment, 23rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, 21-24 May, 1996, Hobart, IE Aust, Nat. Conf. Pub. 96-05, pp. 625-630.
Abstract: Data describing spatially variable parameters and state-variables is required to better understand catchment behaviour and to improve land management. Remote sensing can provide some of this data economically; however, there exists a need for cheaper methods of ground based measurement of variables which can't be remotely sensed, for ground truth data, and for high resolution data. A system for ground based collection of spatially variable data has been developed. It is based on an All Terrain Vehicle fitted with a position fixing system and a variety of instruments including a Time domain Reflectometry soil moisture meter, a soil penetrometer, soil corer, and infrared and near-infrared/visible radiometers. Field testing of the position fixing system and of the soil moisture monitoring equipment is described. Example soil moisture data sets are presented.
1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia
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