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Author Topic:Which is the technology the 5TE uses: TDR or capacitance method? 2411 Views
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    Which is the technology the 5TE uses: TDR or capacitance method? Link to this post

    8 September 2010 at 2:17pm

    Which is the technology the 5TE uses: TDR or capacitance method?

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    Re: Which is the technology the 5TE uses: TDR or capacitance method? Link to this post

    10 September 2010 at 1:37pm Last edited: 10 September 2010 1:51pm

    The 5TE, and all Decagon soil moisture sensors, uses capacitance to measure the soil's dielectric constant and the probes are calibrated to Voumetric water content from there.

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