Decagon and UMS pair up for a hands-on workshop

20 July 2010

Seminar:  Theory and Practice of Soil Water Potential Measurement held by UMS and Decagon at the 19th World Congress of Soil Science 2010 in Brisbane

The objective of this seminar and practical training is to give an overview of the methods to measure soil water potential with field and laboratory instruments, with a focus on the determination of soil moisture characteristic curves from the wet to the very dry end.

In the first part we will introduce and discuss the theory behind the measurements.

In the following hands-on session you can gain some practical experience on the instruments made by UMS (Germany) and Decagon Devices (USA).

The instruments that will be discussed and are part of the practical training are tensiometers, matric potential sensors, and the laboratory instruments HYPROP and WP4.

Click here to register for the seminar.