Difference between revisions of "Soil moisture - Aquapro"
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Aquapro sensor | Aquapro sensor | ||
| + | This company changed its name to Aqua Da Vinci in 2013. The old Aqua Pro products are still sold and serviced but the website URL has changed. The email and snail mail addresses of the company are still the same but old phone numbers may not work. | ||
==Advantages:== | ==Advantages:== | ||
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Other related web sites: | Other related web sites: | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 8 April 2014
Parameter to be measured:
Soil moisture
Method:
Capacitance (radio-frequency)
Equipment:
Aquapro sensor This company changed its name to Aqua Da Vinci in 2013. The old Aqua Pro products are still sold and serviced but the website URL has changed. The email and snail mail addresses of the company are still the same but old phone numbers may not work.
Advantages:
- Cheap to take measurements at many locations and at many depths
- Repeatability because of fixed access tubes
Disadvantages:
The measurement scale is in %Aquapro. In order to convert to volumetric moisture content an additional calibration needs to be done. Percent Aquapro and volumetric moisture content are linearly related for most soils.
What to watch out for:
- Stones and air pockets around the access tube influence the readings. It is very important to carefully install the access tubes.
- You can install tubes longer than 1 m but if the access tubes warp a little bit (and are thus no longer perfectly straight) it is difficult to insert the probe in the tube and the probe may break when you pull the probe out of the access tube.
Problems/Questions:
Links
Projects that used the above equipment:
Other related web sites: http://aquadavinci.com/