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Titel (primär) Characterization of reference materials for an economic calibration approach for low-cost soil moisture sensors
Titel (sekundär) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances ISEMA 2013, Weimar / Germany, September 25-27,2013
Autor Kögler, S.; Wagner, N.; Zacharias, S.; Wollschläger, U.
Herausgeber Kupfer, K.; Wagner, N.
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
Department MET
Seite von 442
Seite bis 448
Sprache englisch
Keywords soil moisture; low-cost sensor; calibration
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Abstract Wireless soil moisture sensor networks provide distributed observations of soil moisture dynamics with
high temporal resolution as they typically involve a high number of sensors. Low-cost sensors are
preferred for this application. These sensors most often show a sensor-to-sensor variability. Hence, a
sensor-specific calibration is advantageous prior to field installation.
Calibration methods relating sensor reading to reference permittivity described in the literature feature
calibration media which are harmful to health and to the sensor. One less aggressive alternative is to use
glass beads and ethylene glycol which is used by Decagon Devices. For this calibration it is essential to
know the complex permittivity of the reference media. We will provide complex permittivity data for the
reference media: glass beads, ethylene glycol and glass beads mixed with ethylene glycol.
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Kögler, S., Wagner, N., Zacharias, S., Wollschläger, U. (2013):
Characterization of reference materials for an economic calibration approach for low-cost soil moisture sensors
In: Kupfer, K., Wagner, N. (eds.)
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances ISEMA 2013, Weimar / Germany, September 25-27,2013
MFPA, Institute of Material Research and Testing at the Bauhaus-University, Weimar, p. 442 - 448