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integrated with a low-cost soil moisture monitoring system using the HD38 sensor. Soil moisture was tracked over a 50 cm depth using four capacitive probes. Environmental variables, including ...

Forest soil stores water, carbon and nutrients for trees and also provides a habitat for living organisms. When managing ...

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In recent years, the emergence of sensor technologies has highlighted the key role of in situ soil moisture measurement in various hydrological, agricultural, and ecological applications. However, the ...

Abstract: Clouds often limit the ability of optical satellite sensors (such as the newly launched Gaofen-1 (GF-1) satellite in China) to observe regional soil moisture at high spatial resolutions, ...

This work introduces a batteryless ultrahigh frequency radio frequency identification (UHF RFID) soil moisture sensor that leverages RFID technology and an interdigitated capacitor (IDC) for ...

Monitoring soil moisture is an essential aspect of comprehending the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However, the cost of commercial sensors often challenges their acquisition. In response to ...

When these ingredients are released into a batch, this problem can be exacerbated if the lots blend, resulting in an inexact moisture content sent to the batch. ECS uses OMNIR online near infrared ...