Dielectric measurements in soils and granular media for determining moisture

The data set contains laboratory measurements of the apparent permittivity (dielectric constant) of granular media and soils as a function of volumetric water content. Measurements include wetting, drainage, or both. In addition, there are measurements for granular materials with different shapes. All measurements were made with a Tektronix TDR with additional frequency dependent dielectric measurements (8) made using a network analyser. The data constitutes those measurements made by the authors over a 10 year period. Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3912c291-3199-445a-8da4-d5cf2efbc7ca

Date (Publication): 2024-05-10

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/3912c291-3199-445a-8da4-d5cf2efbc7ca

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/3912c291-3199-445a-8da4-d5cf2efbc7ca

Other citation details: Robinson, D.A., Jones, S.B., Blonquist, J.M., Lebron, I., Friedman, S.P. (2024). Dielectric measurements in soils and granular media for determining moisture. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/3912c291-3199-445a-8da4-d5cf2efbc7ca

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Robinson, D.A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Robinson, D.A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Utah State University	Jones, S.B.	scott.jones@usu.edu	Author
Apogee Instruments	Blonquist, J.M.	mark.blonquist@apogeeinstruments.com	Author
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Lebron, I.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Volcani Center	Friedman, S.P.	vwsfried@volcani.agri.gov.il	Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
The United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner
Natural Environment Research Council		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner

Keywords

Soil
dielectric
time domain reflectometry
network analyser
granular media
permittivity

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Robinson, D.A., Jones, S.B., Blonquist, J.M., Lebron, I., Friedman, S.P. (2024). Dielectric measurements in soils and granular media for determining moisture. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/3912c291-3199-445a-8da4-d5cf2efbc7ca

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: These are laboratory measurements in independent laboratories in Israel, Trinidad, and the USA.

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File identifier: 3912c291-3199-445a-8da4-d5cf2efbc7ca XML

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Character set: 8859 Part 1

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Date stamp: 2025-11-13T16:17:42

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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