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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-453-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-453-2013
Research article
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01 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 01 Feb 2013

A universal calibration function for determination of soil moisture with cosmic-ray neutrons

T. E. Franz, M. Zreda, R. Rosolem, and T. P. A. Ferre

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