Office Hours 4: Soil Moisture Release Curves

Predict the fate of soil water

Moisture release curves answer critical questions such as: will water drain through the soil quickly or be held in the root zone? They are powerful tools used to predict plant water uptake, deep drainage, runoff, and more. In this live Q&A session, learn how to use a moisture release curve to analyze individual soil behaviors with respect to water.

Presenters

Chris Chambers operates as the Environment Support Manager and the Soil moisture sensor Product Manager at METER Group, the world leader in soil moisture measurement. He specializes in ecology and plant physiology and has over 10 years of experience helping researchers measure the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.

Leo Rivera operates as a research scientist and Hydrology Product Manager at METER Group, the world leader in soil moisture measurement. He earned his undergraduate degree in Agriculture Systems Management at Texas A&M University, where he also got his Master’s degree in Soil Science. There he helped develop an infiltration system for measuring hydraulic conductivity used by the NRCS in Texas. Currently, Leo is the force behind application development in METER’s hydrology instrumentation including HYPROP and WP4C. He also works in R&D to explore new instrumentation for water and nutrient movement in soil.

Next steps:

• Lab versus in situ soil water characteristic curves
• Soil Moisture Release Curves: Why you need them. How to use them.
• Request a ZENTRA Cloud live demo
• Talk to an expert