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FIG. 3. Effect of temperature on
r' (real component of relative complex permittivity) for eight representative soils (Tif5 = Little River, 5 cm; Ames =Ames, 5 cm; Breaks = Breaks, 30 cm; Wat50 = Watkinsonville, 50 cm; LW = Little Washita, 50 cm; WG5 = Walnut Gulch, 5 cm; On50 = Onward, 50 cm; and FR50 = Fort Reno, 50 cm; see Table 1). Each point is the average of data from three individual sensors. Twenty measurements were made at each temperature. Lines represent the linear temperature effect for each soil.