Soil water content measurement is indispensable to precision agriculture. A novel soil water content measuring method based on frequency scanning is proposed in this research. The measuring system consists of a monopole antenna to emit and receive electromagnetic waves as well as a network analyzer. The soil equivalent circuit model is presented and its spectroscopy is obtained by comparing incident and reflected waves. The results indicate that the resonance frequency shifts towards the low frequency region as soil moisture increases, therefore soil water content can be obtained simply by detecting resonance frequency. The linear fitting curve has a determination coefficient of 0.9834 and a root mean square error of 1.4%. The measuring range from 5.0% to 37.4% is wide enough for actual agricultural production. The method offers a productive solution for soil water content measurement and provides an idea to sense other soil characteristics.
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China Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Watershed Water Cycle Simulat & Reg, Beijing 100048, Peoples R ChinaChina Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Watershed Water Cycle Simulat & Reg, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China
Chen, He
Lin, Rencai
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China Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Watershed Water Cycle Simulat & Reg, Beijing 100048, Peoples R ChinaChina Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Watershed Water Cycle Simulat & Reg, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China
Lin, Rencai
Zhang, Baozhong
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China Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Watershed Water Cycle Simulat & Reg, Beijing 100048, Peoples R ChinaChina Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Watershed Water Cycle Simulat & Reg, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China
Zhang, Baozhong
Wei, Zheng
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China Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Watershed Water Cycle Simulat & Reg, Beijing 100048, Peoples R ChinaChina Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res, State Key Lab Watershed Water Cycle Simulat & Reg, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China
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China Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Yu, Song
Xu, Qiang
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China Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Xu, Qiang
Cheng, Xianglin
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China Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Cheng, Xianglin
Xiang, Yang
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China Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Xiang, Yang
Zhu, Yufan
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China Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Zhu, Yufan
Yan, Xiaofei
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Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Technol, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Yan, Xiaofei
Wang, Zhongyi
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China Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Wang, Zhongyi
Du, Taisheng
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China Agr Univ, Ctr Agr Water Res China, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Du, Taisheng
Wu, Xin
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Univ Appl Sci Medium Sized Co, D-50226 Frechen, GermanyChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
Wu, Xin
Cheng, Qiang
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China Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R ChinaChina Agr Univ, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China