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SUMMARY VOLUMES
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INNOVATIONS AND CLASSIC PAPERS

SUMMARY VOLUMES

  1. O'Connor, K.M. and C.H. Dowding. GeoMeasurements by Pulsing TDR Cables and Probes. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1999, 420pp.  
    [Chapter One is available online in PDF format]
  2. Dowding, C.H. and K.M. O'Connor. TDR 2001 -- Innovations in Applications of Time Domain Reflectometry. Symposium, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, September, 2001.
  3. Petersen, L.W., and O.H. Jacobsen, Editors Proceeedings of the Symposium: Time-Domain Reflectometry Applications in Soil Science (Foulum, Denmark, Sept 16, 1994) Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Science, SP Report No. 11, June, Vol. 3, 1995, pp. 57-62.

INNOVATIONS AND CLASSIC PAPERS

Soil Moisture

Topp, G. C., J. L. Davis, and A. P. Annan. 1980. Electromagnetic Determination of Soil Water Content: Measurement in Coaxial Transmission Lines. Water Resources Research, Vol. 16, No. 3, June, pp. 574-582.

Conductivity

Dalton, F. N. , W. N. Herkelrath, D. S. Rawlins, and J. D. Rhoades. 1984. Time Domain Reflectometry: Simultaneous Measurement of Soil Water Content and Electrical Conductivity with a Single Probe. Science, Vol. 224, June, pp. 989-990.

Deformation

Dowding, C. H., M. B. Su and K. M. O'Connor. 1988. Principles of Time Domain Reflectometry Applied to Measurement of Rock Mass Deformation. Int. J. Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., v. 25, No. 5, pp. 287-297.

Water Level

Dowding, C. H. , F. C. Huang, and P. S. McComb. 1996. Groundwater Pressure Measurement with Time Domain Reflectometry. Geotechnical Testing Journal, GTJODJ, Vol. 19. March, pp. 58-64.

Leak Detection

Anderson, A.L., D. S. Bailey. and R. J. Korinek. 1989. Leak Detector and Locator Utilizing Time Domain Reflectometry and Sampling Techniques. U. S. Patent No. 4,797,621.

Miniaturized TDR Pulsers

Dowding, C. H. , C. E. Pierce, G. A. Nicholson, P. A. Taylor, and A. Agostan. 1996. Recent Advancements in TDR Monitoring of Ground Water Levels. Proceedings, 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium: NARMS '96, Montreal, 19-21 June, pp. 1375-1381.

Diode Switching

Hook, W.R. and N. J. Livingston. 1995. Reducing Propagation Velocity Errors in Time Domain Reflectometry Determinations of Soil Water. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Journal, Vol. 59, pp. 92-96.

Remote Monitoring

Herkelrath, W. N., S. P. Hamburg, and F. Murphy. 1991. Automatic, Real-Time Monitoring of Soil Moisture in a Remote Field Area with Time Domain Reflectometry. Water Resources Research, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 857-864.

Dowding, C. H. and F.-C. Huang. 1994. Telemetric Monitoring for Early Detection of Rock Movement With Time Domain Reflectometry. J. Geot. Eng., Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., v. 120, No. 8, pp. 1413-1427.