Water Potential 101–Making Use of an Important Tool
Master the basics of soil water potential.
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Water Potential 401–Advances in Field Water Potential
In this webinar, Dr. Doug Cobos discusses field water potential sensor characteristics, equilibrations and advances in technology.
In this webinar, Dr. Doug Cobos discusses the importance of water potential and field water potential sensor characteristics including measurement range, accuracy, and other considerations. He compares different types of sensor equilibrations such as liquid, vapor, and porous matrix. He also discusses recent advances in water potential technology.
Next steps
- Read about soil moisture release curves- What they are. Why you need them. How to use them.
- Related webinar: Water Potential 301- How to Push your Instruments Past their Specifications
- Check out our water potential sensors
- Request a ZENTRA Cloud live demo
Questions?
Our scientists have decades of experience helping researchers and growers measure the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
Presenter
Dr. Cobos is a Research Scientist and the Director of Research and Development at METER. He also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Washington State University where he co-teaches Environmental Biophysics. Doug’s Masters Degree from Texas A&M and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota focused on field-scale fluxes of CO2 and mercury, respectively. Doug was hired at METER to be the Lead Engineer in charge of designing the Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe (TECP) that flew to Mars aboard NASA’s 2008 Phoenix Scout Lander. His current research is centered on instrumentation development for soil and plant sciences.
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Water Potential 201—Choosing the Right Instrument
Learn water potential instrument theory, including the challenges of measuring water potential and how to choose and use various water potential instruments.
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Water Potential 301–How to Push Your Instruments Past their Specifications
Learn the skills needed to create a soil water characteristic curve with wet end and dry end data that actually match up in the middle.
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