Research Article
Correcting Inaccurately Recorded Data due to Faulty Calibration of a Capacitance Water Content Probe
Table 1
Sample soil calibrations from different sources.
| # | Texture/calibration | | | | | Source |
| (1) | Default calibration | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | Sentek | (2) | Default Sentek calibration; sands, loam, and clay loam | 0.196 | 0.404 | 0.0285 | 0.974 | Sentek | (3) | Clay (1.019 g/cm3) | 0.012 | 1.000 | 0.146 | 0.979 | USDA | (4) | Coarse sand (1.3 g/cm3) | 0.017 | 1.000 | 0.268 | 0.987 | USDA | (5) | Combined soils; sand, sandy loam, and clay | 0.014 | 1.000 | 0.326 | 0.973 | USDA | (6) | Silt loam (1.24–1.59 g/cm3) | 0.551 | 0.258 | −0.527 | 0.992 | USDA | (7) | Sandy loam (1.3 g/cm3) | 0.013 | 1.000 | 0.326 | 0.965 | USDA | (8) | Sandy loam (1.5 g/cm3) | 0.013 | 1.000 | 0.372 | 0.987 | USDA | (9) | Fine loose sand (1.5 g/cm3) | 1.928 | 0.107 | −1.911 | 0.989 | Current study |
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