In-situ Simple Rapid Calibration Method for the EC-5 Moisture Sensor

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
NII recode ID (NCID) AA0068709X
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By modifying a previous simple rapid method, we propose an in-situ simple, rapid calibration method based on soil porosity and the highest raw sensor output (RAW) obtained after heavy rainfall during the monitoring period. According to the results of our verifying experiments for three soils, we concluded that the modified method is applicable to monitoring results, including previously obtained uncalibrated data, that satisfy three criteria: (1) the monitoring data must include at least a few peak RAW values of around 1,200-1,300, (2) the monitoring data must capture changes in the water content at appropriate intervals, and (3) it must be possible to estimate the soil porosity of the soil at the monitoring site.

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Creator Hidetoshi MOCHIZUKI Iwao SAKAGUCHI
Subject linear function porosity soil sampling saturated volumetric water content slope-intercept relationship
Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Received Date 2022-03-22
Accepted Date 2022-07-12
Available Online
Volume 57
Issue 2
spage 131
epage 137
DOI 10.6090/jarq.57.131
Language eng

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