Soil Moisture
Sensors
This page lists all of the available soil moisture sensors. Use the left navigation menu to jump to a specific sensor.
MEA2176 GBHeavy | ||
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Soil moisture tension sensor with a range 50 to 500+kPa Is used for Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI) and as a drainage sensor for deep rooted crops. Soil tension sensors do not need to be calibrated. Used with GBReader, GBug, GTBug and MEARadio.
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MEA2195 GBLite | ||
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Soil moisture tension sensor with a range 10 to 200kPa used in all crop types. Soil tension sensors do not need to be calibrated. Used with GBReader, GBug, GTBug and MEARadio.
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Theta Probe | ||
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High quality soil moisture content sensor. Does not need soil specific calibration Used with TPReader, HH2, Infield7, TBug and MEARadio.
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Aquaflex Sensor | ||
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Soil moisture content sensor. Three metres in length, the sampling area is a huge 6 litres. Commonly used in turf and horticulture. Used with ABug and MEARadio.
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Profile Probe | ||
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Available as either a one metre, 6 sensor probe or a half metre, four sensor probe. It is installed in an access tube and can be used as a portable or fixed sensor. Used with HH2 and MEARadio.
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WET Probe | ||
| Innovative sensor measures water content, pore water, salinity and temperature. Used with HH2 and GP1 data logger |
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FullStop Wetting Front Detector | ||
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Designed by CSIRO, the FullStop is a simple and low cost indicator of wetting fronts. It also collects a water sample from each wetting front which can be analysed for fertiliser and salt movements.
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Tensiometer T3 | ||
| Simple robust tensiometer. Used with Infield7 and a data logger. | ||
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Tensiometer T4 | ||
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Precision tensiometer with optional external refill. Used with Infield7 and a data logger.
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Tensiometer T5 | ||
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Fast response tensiometer. Used with Infield7.
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Tensiometer T8 | ||
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Precision tensiometer with temperature sensor with external refill. Used with Infield7 and a data logger.
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Tensiometer TS1 | ||
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Self refilling tensiometer with SDI-12 output for use with all data loggers.
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