Calibration of a soil moisture sensor with disturbed and undisturbed soil samples from Bahia

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental

Lima, João G. A.¹  Oliveira, Aureo S. de² 

[1] Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Tomé-Açu, Brazil;Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Brazil

关键词: soil water content;    time domain reflectometry;    soil physics.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v22n10p696-701

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande * Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study was to evaluate the models proposed by manufacturers and in the literature with respect to soil moisture measurement and to evaluate the performance of the CS616 sensor in the calibration of disturbed and undisturbed soil samples. These calibrations were performed using linear and quadratic models. Disturbed samples were collected in São Gabriel/BA, six samples placed in pots, whereas undisturbed samples were collected in Cruz das Almas/BA, three samples directly collected in the area and placed in a container. A calibration was performed between 21/12/2016 and 08/01/2017. The models proposed in the literature and by manufacturers differed in the estimation of volumetric soil moisture. Disturbed soil samples had higher data dispersion than undisturbed samples, due to factors such as grain size and bulk density, which influence the calibration data. The CS616 sensor had satisfactory performance in the calibration of disturbed and undisturbed samples, with excellent fit of the soil moisture data. Using soil moisture contents obtained by the CS616 sensor, without a previous calibration, may lead to errors in the results, confirming the need for a specific calibration for each type of soil.

【 授权许可】

CC BY