BDEN: A timesaving computer program for calculating soil bulk density and water content.

Lynn G. Starr; Michael J. Geist

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-153

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BDEN: A timesaving computer program for calculating soil bulk density and water content.

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Authors:

Lynn G. Starr, Michael J. Geist

Year:

1983

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-153

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-153. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 16p

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Abstract

This paper presents an interactive computer program written in BASIC language that will calculate soil bulk density and moisture percentage by weight and volume. Coarse fragment weights are required. The program will also summarize the resulting data giving mean, standard deviation, and 95-percent confidence interval on one or more groupings of data.

Keywords

Soil bulk density, soil water, soil monitoring, computer programs / programing

Citation

Starr, Lynn G.; Geist, Michael J. 1983. BDEN: A timesaving computer program for calculating soil bulk density and water content. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-153. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16p