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Created: 24 March 2023-Updated: 25 August 2026

Measuring soil Moisture

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024WR039534Key points:- Passive and non-invasive gamma-ray spectrometry methods provided radionuclide concentrations at tens-of-meters scale- Volumetric soil moisture was estimated from apparent radionuclide concentrations at three sites having various soil and land cover types- Accurate soil moisture time-series with an average root-mean-squared-error of 0.036 [-] were estimated.2025
Drone-borne Gamma-Ray Spectrometry to Map Natural Radionuclide Concentrations and Detect Changes in Soil MoistureKoomans_veeke moisture Agro geo.pdfPaper presented at the conference AgroGeo 2024 on mapping soil moisture with a drone.2024
Development of the Gamma soil moisture sensor gSMS.Development gSMS soil moisture sensor.pdfChapter 6 of the PhD thesis is Steven van der Veeke, describing the technology.2023
Using a gamma-ray spectrometer for soil moisture monitoring: development of the the gamma Soil Moisture Sensor (gSMS). 2020Metrology for agriculture and forestry (gSMS)Paper presented at the congres “Metrology for agriculture and forestry”2020