Office Hours 6: Soil Water Potential Measurement Methods

In this METER Environment Office Hours Q & A session, join research scientist Leo Rivera and application expert Chris Chambers as they tackle your toughest water potential measurement questions. 

In this episode on water potential measurements and application, they answer questions about:

• The difference between water content and water potential
• When to measure water potential vs water content
• Choosing the right sensor
• Installation
• When to use moisture release curves and when to measure
• And more

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.