There is a standard protocol but using pressure plate apparatus also, soil moisture is determined gravimetrically at 15 bar and 1/3 bar pressure to relate soil moisture at different pressures..
you could use pedotransfer functions. Use it: http://www.soil.tu-bs.de/pubs/reprints/02_StudienarbeitLipsius.pdf
Another way uses the study of the SWC cinematic. In this case you need a long series of SWC data acquired at least each hour....let me know if you would to insight it.