You’ve buried soil water content and water potential sensors in the ground, installed an ATMOS 41 in the field, and set up your ZL6 data logger. Your network of instruments has been collecting data for days, weeks, or even all season. Now what?
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Learn MoreEven in a well-designed underground cable system, the soil may account for half or more of the total thermal resistance. A safe, professional installation requires actual measurement and evaluation of thermal rho.
Learn MoreA range comparison of lab and field water potential instruments.
Learn MoreYou’ve buried soil water content and water potential sensors in the ground, installed an ATMOS 41 in the field, and set up your ZL6 data logger. Your network of instruments has been collecting data for days, weeks, or even all season. Now what?
Learn MoreLearn how to minimize water, fertilizer, labor, and herbicides while growing healthy plants.
Learn MoreWater potential is underutilized by plant researchers in abiotic stress studies even though it is the only way to assess true drought conditions when determining drought tolerance in plants. Learn what water potential is and how it can improve the quality of your plant study.
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Learn MoreGood irrigation management requires the answer to two questions: when to turn the water on and when to turn it off.
Learn MoreGood irrigation management requires the answer to two questions: when do I turn the water on, and when do I turn it off?
Learn MoreWater potential is a better indicator of plant available water than water content, but in most situations it’s useful to combine the data from both sensors.
Learn MoreSoil moisture sensors and water potential sensors work together to show you exactly when it's time to start and stop watering.
Learn MoreTEROS sensors are more durable, accurate, easier and faster to install, more consistent, and linked to a powerful, intuitive near-real-time data logging and visualization system.
Learn MoreA comprehensive look at the science behind water potential measurement.
Learn MoreCompare current methods for measuring water potential and the pros and cons of each method.
Learn MoreUnderstand the different components of water potential and how to use them. Water potential is the energy required, per quantity of water, to transport an infinitesimal quantity of water from the sample to a reference pool of pure free water.
Learn MoreAccurate, inexpensive soil moisture sensors make soil VWC a justifiably popular measurement, but is it the right measurement for your application?
Learn MoreWhen considering which soil water content sensor will work best for any application, it’s easy to overlook the obvious question: what is being measured?
Learn MoreAmong the thousands of peer-reviewed publications using METER soil sensors, no type emerges as the favorite. Thus sensor choice should be based on your needs and application. Use these considerations to help identify the perfect sensor for your research.
Learn MoreMost people look at soil moisture only in terms of one variable—water content. But two types of variables are required to describe the state of water in the soil.
Learn MoreSee how the new TEROS soil moisture sensor line compares with METER's trusted ECH20 sensor line.
Learn MoreSoil moisture release curves are powerful tools used to predict plant water uptake, deep drainage, runoff, and more.
Learn MoreDr. Gaylon Campbell, world-renowned soil physicist, teaches what you need to know for simple models of soil water processes.
Learn MoreIrrigation scheduling in agriculture and turf requires a soil moisture sensor that is accurate, reliable, and low-cost. Many sensors are limited because they fall short in one of these areas. Until now.
Learn MoreHydraulic conductivity—What it is, how to measure it, and pros/cons of common methods.
Learn MoreThere’s no way to measure the properties of moist, porous materials with the steady state method (guarded hot plate). The transient line heat source method, however, is able to measure the thermal properties of moist, porous materials, and it can even measure thermal conductivity and thermal resistivity in fluids.
Learn MoreUnderstanding a soil’s thermal stability can help power engineers more accurately design power distribution systems to prevent thermal runaway.
Learn MoreInaccurate saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kfs) measurements are common due to errors in soil-specific alpha estimation and inadequate three-dimensional flow buffering.
Learn MoreResearchers can use information about different plants' abilities to intercept and use PAR to engineer canopy structure modifications that significantly improve crop yield.
Learn MoreAt all times when the relative humidity of the sensor surface (RHs) is above 90%, a false positive is registered by painted leaf wetness sensors.
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