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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B8-1279-2016</article-id>
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<article-title>MAPPING SPATIAL MOISTURE CONTENT OF UNSATURATED AGRICULTURAL SOILS WITH GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shamir</surname>
<given-names>O.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Goldshleger</surname>
<given-names>N.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Basson</surname>
<given-names>U.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Reshef</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Eastern R&amp;D Center, Israel</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Civil Engineering, Ariel University, Israel</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Soil Erosion Research Station, Soil Conservation &amp; Drainage Department, Israel Ministry of Agriculture, Israel</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Geo-Sense Ltd, Israel</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geosciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>24</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>XLI-B8</volume>
<fpage>1279</fpage>
<lpage>1285</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2016 O. Shamir et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Soil subsurface moisture content, especially in the root zone, is important for evaluation the influence of soil moisture to agricultural crops. Conservative monitoring by point-measurement methods is time-consuming and expensive. In this paper we represent an active remote-sensing tool for subsurface spatial imaging and analysis of electromagnetic physical properties, mostly water content, by ground-penetrating radar (GPR) reflection. Combined with laboratory methods, this technique enables real-time and highly accurate evaluations of soils&apos; physical qualities in the field. To calculate subsurface moisture content, a model based on the soil texture, porosity, saturation, organic matter and effective electrical conductivity is required. We developed an innovative method that make it possible measures spatial subsurface moisture content up to a depth of 1.5 m in agricultural soils and applied it to two different unsaturated soil types from agricultural fields in Israel: loess soil type (Calcic haploxeralf), common in rural areas of southern Israel with about 30% clay, 30% silt and 40% sand, and hamra soil type (Typic rhodoxeralf), common in rural areas of central Israel with about 10% clay, 5% silt and 85% sand. Combined field and laboratory measurements and model development gave efficient determinations of spatial moisture content in these fields. The environmentally friendly GPR system enabled non-destructive testing. The developed method for measuring moisture content in the laboratory enabled highly accurate interpretation and physical computing. Spatial soil moisture content to 1.5 m depth was determined with 1–5% accuracy, making our method useful for the design of irrigation plans for different interfaces.</p>
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