Technical Articles

Meter Group has published these technical articles:

Determining the -15 Bar (Permanent Wilt) Water Content of Soils with the WP4 (.pdf)
(Humidity and Moisture Sensing)
From this Article:
A soil moisture characteristic is a relationship between water potential and water content for a soil. Information from a moisture characteristic is frequently used to determine the plant available...
Generating a Soil Moisture Characteristic with the WP4
(Humidity and Moisture Sensing)
From this Article:
A moisture release curve, also known as a soil moisture characteristic, relates the water potential of a particular soil to its water content. This information is important for describing water...
Measuring Moisture Content Using Water Activity (.pdf)
(Humidity and Moisture Sensing)
From this Article:
The terms moisture content and water content are often used interchangeably and represent a measure of the quantity of water in a product. Moisture content provides valuable information about yield...
Measuring Water Content in Soil-less Media using ECH2O Sensors (.pdf)
(Humidity and Moisture Sensing)
From this Article:
Since the introduction of the ECH2O soil moisture probe, there has been considerable interest in using them to measure volumetric water content of soil-less media such as potting soils, rockwool, and...
Moisture Content of Pharm Produts by Water Activity (.pdf)
(Humidity and Moisture Sensing)
From this Article:
The terms moisture content and water content are often used interchangeably and represent a measure of the quantity of water in a product. Moisture content provides valuable information about yield...
Using the KD2 Pro and KD2 to Measure Thermal Conductivity of Fluids (.pdf)
(Temperature Sensing)
From this Article:
The KD2 and KD2 Pro use the transient heated needle to measure thermal properties of solid and fluid media. With this technique, a 30 second heat pulse is applied to a needle, and the temperature...