Agronomy

Data quality and data quantity shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. We understand the need to deploy as many research-grade sensors as possible to address the variability of soil, plant, and atmospheric conditions in your field.

METER soil and plant sensors are used by growers, agronomists, scientists, engineers, and government organizations worldwide, and they are designed to be accurate, reliable and to meet your project needs without breaking your budget. Even better, you can collect data from many sensors remotely through ZENTRA Cloud, allowing you to actively monitor precipitation and plant stress without frequent site visits.

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Lab soil characterization

LABROS is an innovative collection of soil science laboratory instruments, each designed to work individually or as part of a larger, automated system. Conduct automated particle size analysis and measure soil moisture release curves, saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, and thermal conductivity from a single sample.

Soil particle size analysis

Hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soil samples

Soil moisture release curves for soil samples

Hydraulic conductivity of saturated soil samples

Streamline your soil characterization methods by using the LABROS suite of laboratory instruments and software to perform accurate, automated analyses from a single soil sample
Measure both saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from a single soil sample using HYPROP and KSAT laboratory instruments
Get a complete soil moisture release curve using HYPROP and WP4C lab instruments and LABROS software

Plant stress

Use cost-effective solutions from METER to directly measure indicators and causes of plant stress rather than relying on intuition or qualitative assessments of your crops and canopy.

Microclimate

Stomatal conductance

Surface temperature

Vapor pressure deficit

Water potential

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Combine water potential, wind, IR, and stomatal conductance measurements to precisely measure the causes and symptoms of plant water stress.

Canopy productivity

Measure the photosynthetic activity of your plants using simple, labor-saving instruments, and better understand the health and lifecycle of your canopy.

Leaf area index

NDVI

Stomatal conductance

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Deploy NDVI sensors for long term canopy monitoring or gather point measurements with the easy to use, handheld AccuPAR LP 80.

Evapotranspiration/Energy Balance

Simplify the radiation and meteorological measurements behind evapotranspiration calculations using accurate, cost-effective instrumentation. Cloud-connected data loggers and software allow you to accurately monitor how much water a crop loses each day to evapotranspiration

Net radiation

Software model evapotransporation FAO 56 Guideline

Solar radiation, precipitation, air temperature, barometric pressure, vapor pressure, relative humidity, wind speed/direction/gust, lightning strike/distance

Solar radiation, precipitation, relative humidity

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Simplify evapotranspiration calculations using ATMOS 41 All In One Weather Stations and ZENTRA Cloud.

Canopy microclimate

Measuring the microclimate with a weather station provides comprehensive data on local atmospheric conditions that directly affect soil and plant processes. Weather stations collect detailed information on temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind speed, and solar radiation, all of which influence soil moisture levels, evaporation rates, and soil temperature.

Solar radiation, precipitation, air temperature, barometric pressure, vapor pressure, relative humidity, wind speed/direction/gust, lightning strike/distance

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Combining the precision of wind, radiation, and precipitation sensors above and below a canopy provides a continuous picture of the microclimate below a canopy.

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ZENTRA System

Customize your data collection and logging solution by combining METER sensors with the ZL6 Data Logger and ZENTRA Cloud. ZENTRA stores your data in the cloud, allowing easy access to your data and near-real-time reports from all of your data loggers.

Avoid costly field visits by accessing your data from any web-connected device. Analyze it with ZENTRA’s built-in visualization tools, and easily share insights without tracking down log files on individual computers.

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LABROS System

Streamline your laboratory analyses and reduce human error using the innovative LABROS soil science laboratory collection. Perform automated particle size analysis, generate soil moisture release curves, or measure thermal and hydraulic conductivity with METER laboratory instruments designed to produce accurate analyses in a fraction of the time of other methods.

Even better, LABROS instruments can be combined to perform all of these analyses from a single sample, saving time and reducing measurement errors due to variations in sample characteristics.

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LABROS-capable laboratory instruments from METER, including WP4C, KSAT, VARIOS, and PARIO

“I’ve used this [METER] equipment over and over. It’s been invaluable to my research.“

 – Vineyard Researcher Jaclyn Fiola, Hydropedologist | Virginia Tech

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