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Comparison of two sensors ECH2O EC-5 and SM200 for measuring soil water content

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  • Radka Kodešová

    (Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic;)

  • Vít Kodeš

    (Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic;
    Department of Water Quality, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Arnošt Mráz

    (Ekotechnika, Ltd., Černošice, Czech Republic$2)

Abstract

The goal of this study was calibration of the ECH20 soil moisture sensor EC-5 and the sensor SM200 for selected soils of the Czech Republic. Based on the soil maps of the Czech Republic and various climatic conditions, five humic horizons of different soil types were selected: Stagnic Chernozem Siltic, Haplic Chernozem, Chernozem Arenic, Haplic Luvisol, and Haplic Cambisol. Soil properties (pHKCl, pHH2O, exchangeable acidity, cation exchange capacity, hydrolytic acidity, basic cation saturation, sorption complex saturation, oxidable organic carbon content, CaCO3 content, salinity, sand, silt, and clay content, soil particle density, bulk density) were determined using the standard laboratory techniques. Six ECH20 EC-5 sensors permanently installed in six 606 cm3 repacked soil samples of each soil were calibrated. Four calibrated SM200 sensors were inserted into the same soil samples only when measuring sensor signal. Soil water contents were determined gravimetrically. Linear equation was used to find parameters of the calibration equations relating sensor signals or evaluated dielectric constants and soil water contents. The multiple linear analyses showed that the parameters of the calibration equations for the EC-5 depended on the bulk density, fraction of sand particles, and salinity. Parameters a and b of the SM200 depended on the initial soil salinity, sand fraction and CaCO3 content, and on the sand fraction, respectively. The impact of KBr solute (concentrations of 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1M Br) on calibration equations was studied as well. It was found that ECH20 EC-5 sensor measurements were more influenced by KBr solution than SM200 measurements. In the case of the ECH20 EC-5 sensor, impact of KBr was lower in soils of higher initial salinity. SM200 measurements were noticeably influenced only when 0.1M Br solution was applied.

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  • Radka Kodešová & Vít Kodeš & Arnošt Mráz, 2011. "Comparison of two sensors ECH2O EC-5 and SM200 for measuring soil water content," Soil and Water Research, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 6(2), pages 102-110.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:6:y:2011:i:2:id:6-2011-swr
    DOI: 10.17221/6/2011-SWR
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    1. František Doležal & Tomáš Litschmann & Jiří Kučera & Jana Peterková & Josef Zavadil & Josef Vacek & Pavel Pražák & Eva Pilná & Tomáš Bayer & Marek Nechvátal, 2008. "Field and laboratory ad hoc calibrations of Virrib and ThetaProbe dielectric sensors for soil moisture measurements," Soil and Water Research, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 3(4), pages 199-214.
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