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The TDCP is composed of an anvil, a driving rod, and a TDCP probe. Three wave guides and a K-type thermocouple are installed on the TDCP probe. For utilization of TDCP, relationships between relative permittivities measured by TDCP and those measured by standard TDR probe, temperature, and volumetric water content of the soils were investigated. In addition, the relationship between penetration indices by TDCP (TPI) and by standard dynamic cone penetrometer was established. In the field application test, relative permittivity, ground temperature, and TPI were measured along the depth. Moreover, gravimetric water contents were also measured for comparison. The experimental results showed that volumetric water contents compensated by ground temperature showed good agreement with the volumetric water contents estimated from the gravimetric water contents of the soil samples and TPI. 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