Office Hours 21: Measuring LAI with the LP-80
Leaf Area Index (LAI) is a key indicator of canopy productivity, offering insight into how efficiently plants capture light, use water, and support overall ecosystem function.
Office Hours 22: CDX technology
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Complex Dielectric through intersections (CDX) makes it possible to get accurate soil moisture measurements, even in high-salinity soils. So, how does this breakthrough technology work?
Join METER scientists Chris Chambers and Leo Rivera as they discuss our patented soil moisture measurement technology: CDX. This method and the SOLYX line of CDX sensors make it easy to get accurate soil moisture measurements, even in harsh conditions. Watch this episode of Office Hours to learn:
- What makes CDX different from capacitance and TDR technologies
- How we added onboard sensor error checking and diagnostics
- Uses for CDX in both low- and high-salinity soils
- Applications that benefit from pore water EC measurements over bulk EC
- And more
Presenters
Leo Rivera is a research scientist and Director of Science Engagement at METER Group. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Soil Science at Texas A&M University. There he helped develop an infiltration system for measuring hydraulic conductivity used by the NRCS in Texas. Leo is the force behind application development in METER’s hydrology instrumentation, including the SATURO, HYPROP, and WP4C. He also works in R&D to explore new instrumentation for field measurements of water content, water potential, and hydraulic properties of soil.
Chris Chambers is a Product Scientist at METER Group. He draws on over 15 years of experience as a support scientist and his background in ecology and plant physiology to improve METER instruments and help METER’s clients collect the data they need to test hypotheses and make management decisions.
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Our scientists have decades of experience helping researchers and growers measure the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
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