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1 (DC ) ( ) 9:10 11:50 ( (1F)) ( ) 9:10 10:10 Land-surface hydrology with cosmic-ray neutrons: principles and applications ( ) Marek G. Zreda ( ) 10:10 10:40 Decagon ( 10 ) ( ) 10:50 11:20 TDT ( ) 11:20 11:50 ( ) ( ) 11: ( (1F)) 12: ( (205 )(2F)) 13: ( (1F)) 14: ( (2F)) 14: ( ) 14: ( ) ( 10 ) 15: ( ) ( ) ( ) 18: ( 2F)

2 Land-surface hydrology with cosmic-ray neutrons: principles and applications 2 ( ) Marek G. Zreda( ) Decagon 8 ( ) TDT 12 ( ) ( ) 18 ( ) P01 38 Moisture measurement in Toyoura sand using time domain transmissiometry ( ) ( ) ( ) P02 40 Electrical conductivity measurement in Toyoura sand using time domain transmissiometry ( ) ( ) ( ) P Effect of weed and water leakage control by improvement of levee and slope. - The influence of waste gypsum and slaked lime on the pore distribution.- ( ) ( ) ( ) P04 COSMOS 44 Soil moisture observation in a clayey soil using the COSMOS ( ) ( ) ( ) P05 46 Nitrification in soil under unsaturated water flow ( ) ( )

3 P06 48 Artificial Macropore installation effect on carbon storage ( ) ( ) ( ) P07 50 Experimental and Numerical Studies on Soil Water Movement during Thawing Process ( ) ( ) P08 52 The evaluation of the influence of phosphate adsorption on stability of kaolinite suspension ( ) ( ) ( ) P09 54 Conservation of Soil Physical Properties by No-tilled Management in Tropical Sugarcane. ( ) ( ) Swibawa Gede( ) Niswati Ainin( ) ( ) ( ) P10 Arduino XBee 56 Examination of Soil Moisture Wireless Sensor Network using Arduino and XBee ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P11 58 Strontium adsorption on kaolinite at low concentration Zigong Ning(Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University) Munehide Ishiguro(Hokkaido University) Tsutomu Sato(Hokkaido University) Junichi Kashiwagi(Hokkaido University) P12 Na Ca ph 60 Effect of ph on the transport of humic acids with different concentration of sodium or calcium ion in porous media ( ) ( ) P13 62 Amount and morphology of pores between the surface of pelletized compost (PC) and soils formed by decomposition of PC ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P14 64 The Relation between Ratio of Potential Transpiration to Evapotranspiration and Crop Height in a

4 Soybean Field ( ) ( ) ( ) P15 66 Hysteresis of air content profile and air conductivity for sandy soil ( ) P16 68 Extending measurement range of evaporation method using a humidity probe ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P17 70 Evaluation of soil water distribution and water consumption under subsurface irrigated condition ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P18 HYDRUS-3D FOEAS 72 Evaluation of the Desalinization Effect of FOEAS using HYDRUS-3D ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P19 74 Study on Collapse of Clod by Decrease in Pore Water Pressure ( ) ( ) P20 76 Effects of water velocities and gas species on transport of fine bubbles in porous media ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P21 78 Rice Growth and Soil Properties at Decontaminated Paddy Field with Continuous Application of Organic Matter ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P22 80 Occurrence, Distribution, and Time Dependence of Water Repellency in Pine and Eucalyptus forest soils in Sri Lanka D.A.L. Leelamanie(University of Ruhuna) ( ) P23 CO 2 CH 4 82 Comparing the CO 2 and CH 4 Gas Concentrations between in Minimum Tillage and Conventional Tillage Field

5 ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P24 84 Water Uptake and Stress of Soybean Root Based on Soil Moisture Contents ( ) ( ) ( ) P25 86 Response of soil moisture with rainfall pattern change in Abashiri ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P26 CTD ES-2 88 Observation of groundwater using CTD sensor and ES-2 Sensor on Tsunami-hit farmland ( ) ( ) ( ) P27 90 Development of a low-cost matric potential sensor for farmers ( ) ( ) ( ) P28 92 Applicability of soil sampler automatically detecting plow pan for non-volcanic ash arable soils ( ) ( ) ( ) P29 94 Acoustic measurements of soil air content in Decomposed granite and Andosol ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P30 96 Current trend and Challenge of Phytoremediation for Desalination in China ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P31 98 Soil-water Simulation with Different Root Zone of Sunflower and Beet ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Adsorption of Anionic Surfactant (Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate) on Silica Pengxiang Li(Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University) Munehide Ishiguro(Hokkaido University) P33 102

6 Influence of the initial water content in effect of artificial macropore ( ) ( ) ( ) P Role of soil pipes in formation of ground water table under variable mode of water inflow ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Effects of particle size and thermal properties on thermal dispersion characteristics in saturated porous media ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P36 TDR 108 Measurement of volumetric water content in seafloor sediment by Time Domain Reflectometry(TDR) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P37 Na Ca 110 Adsorption of cesium on clay saturated with sodium or calcium ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Estimation of daily evapotranspiration using Thermo-modules ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Changes in soil moisture condition through grassland renovation ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Permeability for the soil of Soap-Based Foam for Indonesian Peat Fire ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Simulation of Leaching Process by Infiltration of Watercourse into the Groundwater at a Tsunami Affected Rice Field in Miyagi ( ) ( ) ( ) P42 Cs 120

7 Organic colloid facilitated transport of radioactive cesium and in soil Dang Quoc Thuyet( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Evaluation of the clay plasticity for promotion of ceramic industry ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Development of the soil water control systems of paddy fields to improve rice quality ( ) P45 CO Changes in soil CO 2 production through grassland renovation ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P Future Aspects of Science Technology Communication for Outreach Projects of Agriculture in Fukushima ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P How to use JSSP homepage ( ) P48 PR2/6 132 Measurement Accuracy of Profile Probe PR2/6 ( ( ) ( )

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