In a way, the magic of a soil moisture sensor’s functionality boils down to a simple RC circuit. But of course, in practice there is a bit more to it than that. [rbaron] explains exactly how … ...

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The innovative new EarthScout Soil Cub is an affordable, miniature 4.5"x3"x2" commercial grade sensor that's installed in the field to monitor soil moisture, soil temperature and EC at two soil ...

Farmers use heavy equipment in fields, so antennas must be buried deep enough to avoid damage. As soil becomes wet, the moisture affects communication between the sensor network and the control system ...

BEAVERTON, Oregon — Vernier Science Education recently launched the Go Direct ® Soil Moisture Sensor to help high school and college-level students easily and accurately collect data during soil ...

"We have successfully visualized areas of soil moisture deficit by using 12 sensors in a 0.4-meter by 0.6-meter demonstration field," says Kasuga. "Thus, our system works at the high sensor densities ...

The advance from North Carolina State University is claimed to improve on existing technologies that can be used to inform irrigation practices that improve crop yield and reduce water consumption.

This video explains how the galactic cosmic ray can be utilized for monitoring landscape soil moisture to improve agricultural water-management. The scale of measurement of the cosmic ray neutron ...