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Environmental Instrumentation Labcell Limited Labcell Limited Environmental Instrumentation Measure the environment. 1,2 Soil Moisture TEROS 10 - Rugged VWC TEROS 11 - Rugged VWC & Temp TEROS 12 - Rugged VWC, EC & Temp EC5 - Low Cost VWC 10HS - VWC with Large Area of Inuence 5TE - VWC, EC & Temp MAS1 - VWC, 4-20 Milliamp RT1 - Soil Temp 3,4 Environmental ATMOS 22 - Sonic Anemometer ATMOS 41 - Complete Weather Station ECRN50 - Low-Resolution Rain Gauge ECRN100 - High-Resolution Rain Gauge ATMOS 14 - Humidity, Temp and Vapour Pressure IRT- Non-contact Thermometer PHYTOS 31 - Leaf Wetness ES2 - Electrical Conductivity and Temp 5,6 Canopy SC1 - Steady State Leaf Porometer LP80 - Hand-held Portable Ceptometer PAR & Pyranometer SRS - NDVI & PRI Reectance Sensors D1 - Dendrometer 7,8 Data Loggers ZL6 - Advanced Cloud Data-logger ZENTRA Cloud - Track your data On-line ProCheck - Hand-held Readout ZSC Bluetooth Sensor Interface 9,10 Hydrology Field Inltrometer - Portable Mini Inltrometer SATURO - Automated Inltration Calculation HYDROS 21 - Water Depth, Temp and Conductivity G3 - Drain Gauge TEROS 32 Tensiometer Smart Field Lysimiter 11,12 Hydrology Lab HYPROP - Automated Soil Water Potential KSAT - Saurated Hydraulic Conductivity WP4C - Water Potential Meter VSA - Vapour Sorption Analyser T5 - Minature Lab Tensiometer 13 Particle Size Analysis PARIO - Automated Paricle Size Analyser 14 Thermal Properties TEMPOS - Hand-held Thermal Properties Meter Research Grade, Publication Ready. Soil Moisture Sensors 5 cm 5 cm 5 cm 5 cm s t TEROS 10 TEROS 11 TEROS 12 EC5 ne Volumetric Water Content. Volumetric Water Content, Volumetric Water Content, Volumetric Water Content. Be Temperature. Electrical Conductivity, Dielectric & Permittivity, Temperature. nt e Rugged stainless steel and epoxy Rugged stainless steel and epoxy Rugged stainless steel and epoxy All purpose, least expensive soil surem design in a low cost sensor. design, SDI-12 compatible. design, SDI-12 compatible. moisture sensor. a Me VWC: 0 to 100%. VWC: 0 to 100%. VWC: 0 to 100%. VWC: 0 to 100%. Temperature: -40 to 60 ºC. EC: 0 to 25 dS/m (bulk). e ng Temperature: -40 to 60 ºC. Ra VWC: ±3%, typical mineral soils, VWC: ±3%, typical mineral soils VWC: ±3%, typical mineral soils VWC Mineral: ±3%, typical up to 8 dS/m. up to 8 dS/m. up to 8 dS/m. mineral soils up to 8 dS/m. Temperature: ±1 ºC. EC: ±5% from 0 to 5 dS/m, uracy ±10% from 15 to 25 dS/m. cc A Temperature: ±1 ºC. RT1 The rugged RT1 soil temperature sensor is an easy-to-use sensor for measuring the temperature of soil or other materials. Completely waterproof, submersible and designed for continuous outdoor use. Measurement & Benets Range Accuracy Simple, rugged temperature -40 to 80 °C. ±1°C. 5 cm sensor. Can be used with METER ZL6 Data-logger. 5 cm 1 Soil Moisture Sensors Questions & Sales 01420 568150 Calibrated in a variety of soils for accurate 10 cm results. 5 cm 5 cm METER have experimental sites and a soils lab to test how these sensors work in a 10HS 5TE MAS1 variety of soils and Volumetric Water Content, Volumetric Water Content . Volumetric Water Content. under real growing Electrical Conductivity, Dielectric Permittivity, Temperature. conditions. Benets: METER’s soil Large volume of inuence Manage salts and fertilizers in 4-20 Milliamp sensor for use with to decrease eects of your system, SDI-12 compatible. PLC’s and irrigation controllers. moisture sensors heterogeneity. are calibrated using four dierent soil textures with varying VWC: 0 to 57%. VWC: 0 to 100%. VWC: 0 to 100%. EC values: Silt EC: 0 to 23 dS/m (bulk). Loam, Sandy Loam, Sand and Clay. Temperature: -40 to 60 ºC. Silt Loam VWC: ±3%, typical mineral VWC: ±3%, typical mineral soils VWC : ±6% VWC with generic soils up to 8 dS/m. up to 8 dS/m. calibration for supported growing media up to 65% VWC, above which accuracy lessens. Bulk EC: ±10% from 0 to 7 Increased accuracy can be dS/m, user calibration required achieved with a medium specic Sandy Loam above 7dS/m. calibration. Temperature: ±1 ºC. Sand Our first soil moisture sensors were built to produce TDR-quality data without the cost and complexity. Over the past thirteen years, we’ve refined and extended the technology . hundreds of thousands of Clay sensors later, today’s METER soil moisture sensors are: ∙ Publication ready: literally thousands of peer-reviewed publications use. METER soil moisture probes. ∙ Not sensitive to soil salinity and soil texture in typical soils. ∙ . ∙ Plug and play with METER data loggers with no programming necessary. Soil Moisture Sensors Visit www.labcell.com to view our complete line-up of instruments 2 Environmental Sensors Measure the Environment Above the Soil Surface ATMOS 41 Weather Station The ATMOS 41 packages 12 ATMOS 22 Anemometer weatherThe ATMOS sensors 41 packages into a single, 12 compactweather sensors device forinto atmospheric a single, The ATMOS 22 is a two-dimensional sonic anemometer conditions.compact device There for are atmospheric no moving that measures wind speed and direction. Wind speed and partsconditions. to fail. There So, installation are no moving and direction are fundamental measurements necessary for a maintenanceparts to fail. So, have installation been simplied and wide range of agricultural, forestry and micrometeorological tomaintenance the maximum. have been simplied research and management applications. The ATMOS 22 has to the maximum. no moving parts, does not require maintenance or recalibration Most all-in-one weather stations give and is capable of making high accuracy measurements, even youMost the all-in-one option toweather measure stations solar radiationgive at low wind speeds. oryou precipitation, the option to but measure not both. solar ATMOS radiation 41 providesor precipitation, both measurements but not both. inATMOS one device, 41 soprovides you never both have measurements to compromise. in one device, so you never have to compromise. ATMOS 41 weather data e.g. humidity, temperature orATMOS atmospheric 41 weather pressure data e.g.are transmittedhumidity, temperature over a single wire.or atmospheric That means pressure you don’t are have transmitted to use all over of the a single ports onwire. your That data means logger you just don’t for haveweather to use measurements. all of the ports Plus, if you are using the ATMOSon your 41data with logger EM60G just data for weather loggers, measurements.you have the exibility Plus, if you to add are anyusing of theour otherATMOS sensors, 41 with like EM60G soil moisture. data loggers, you have the exibility to add any of our other sensors, like soil moisture. The ATMOS 41 works seamlessly with the EM60G for simple, plug-and-play atmosphericThe ATMOS 41 data works logging seamlessly and cloud-based with the ZL6 data for storagesimple, plug-and-playand management. Youatmospheric can set up data an entirelogging weather and cloud-based monitoring data system storage without and anymanagement. complex wiringYou can or set programming. up an entire weather monitoring system without any complex wiring or programming. SolarS radiation Horizontal wind speed Range:R 0 to 1750 W/m2. Range: 0 to 30 m/s. Resolution:R 1 W/m2. Resolution: 0.01 m/s. Accuracy:A ± 5% of measurement. Accuracy: the greater of 0.3 m/s or 3%. PrecipitationP Wind gust Wind Speed Range:R 0 to 400 mm/h. Range: 0 to 30 m/s. Range: 0 to 30 m/s. Resolution:R 0.017 mm. Resolution: 0.01 m/s. Resolution: 0.01 m/s. Accuracy:A ± 5% of measurement. Accuracy: the greater of 0.3 m/s or 3%. Accuracy: 0.30 m/s or <3%<3%,, whichwhicheverever is largelarger.r. RelativeR humidity Wind direction Wind Direction Range: 0 to 100%. Range: 0 to 359°. Range: 0 to 359 degrees. Resolution: 0.1%. Resolution: 1°. Resolution: 1 degree. Accuracy: ±3%. Accuracy: ± 5 °. Accuracy: ±3 degrees. 100 mm. Air temperature Diameter: Barometric pressure Range: -40 to 50 °C. Sensor Body Height (w/mount): 155 mm. 50 to 110 kPa. Resolution: 0.1 °C. Communication: SDI-12. Range: Resolution: 0.01 kPa. Accuracy: ± 0.6 °C. Connector Types: 3.5 mm (stereo) plug or Accuracy: ± 0.1 kPa. stripped & tinned lead wires. Cable length: 5m, custom cable lengths available on request. 3 Environmental Sensors Questions & Sales 01420 568150 ECRN50 ECRN100 Infrared Thermometer Low-resolution Rain Gauge High-resolution Rain Gauge Infrared Thermometer The single-spoon mechanism tips at 1 mm; High-resolution rain gauge with Non-contact continuous temperature accuracy ±2%. 0.2 mm (0.01 in) resolution. measurement of any surface. Industry- The ECRN-50 can be recongured to measure Resolution: 0.2 mm. leading specications. Multiple eld the output of irrigation systems in terms of Funnel Size: 17 x 14.2 cm. of view options. Calibrated over a gallons or liters per hour. large temperature range. Rugged and Resolution: 1 mm. lightweight, capable of withstanding Funnel Size: 5 x 10 cm. exteme weather conditions. Measurement Range: -30 to 65 °C. Accuracy: ±0.2 °C when sensor body is within 20 °C of target temperature. Field of View Options: 14 to 22° (half angle). PHYTOS 31 ATMOS 14 ES2 Measure duration of leaf wetnessetness Temperature,Temperature Relative Humidity, Requires no painting or calibration and Vapour Pressure TemperatureTemperature and Electrical Conductivity detects trace amounts of water or ice Rugged sensor measures the The ES2 allows you to obtain additional EC on the sensor surface. temperature, relative humidity and measurements for salt balance studies and nutrient monitoring. Monitor EC in pipes, 10 ms. vapour pressure of air. Completely Measurement Speed: tanks or wells. Sensor Type: Frequency domain. waterproof, submersible and Output: 320 - 1000 mV @ 3 V excitation. designed for continuous use. Range: 0 to 120 dS/m (mS/cm). Operating Environment: -40 to 50 °C.
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