tensiometer problem ? REPLY IN CAPS

[Gary Hart]

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At 10:50 AM 8/24/99 +0000, you wrote:
>  Dear subscribers to SoWaCs,
>
>
>I'm working on Wetland hydrology in the Seine valley (France). To
>investigate unsaturated zone
>I used SDEC tensiometers and the SDEC portable electronic readout unit.
>I've done two years of measurements and it worked very good except during
>flood events (site was 
>covered by a 30cm thick watershed sometimes during the study period). 
>During those events, the depression measured by the tensiometer was positive !
>Does anybody encount the same problem ??
>
NO PROBLEM.  LOOKS LIKE YOU MEASURED A POSITIVE HEAD DURING SATURATED CONDITIONS.

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