Office Hours 23: VBR and actual ET measurements
VBR sensors provide more accuracy than reference ET with less complexity than traditional systems, so you can optimize your ET measurements to your application.
Our upcoming episode of Office Hours will feature Dr. Daniel Beverly and Product Scientist Chris Chambers answering about evapotranspiration (ET) and VBR. If you have questions about collecting ET data with this or any method, submit them using this form or join our webinar on June 25 to ask in person.
Presenters
Dr. Daniel Beverly is a Research Scientist at METER Group. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Ecology and Biology from the University of Northern Colorado, where he focused on measuring CO2 fluxes following bark-beetle infestations and the subsequent forest management. He received his PhD in Hydrological Sciences from the University of Wyoming, with a focus on using sapflux and eddy covariance to disentangle how plants, management practices, and climate change modulate CO2 and H2O fluxes.
Before joining METER Group, Daniel was a USDA Research Fellow at Indiana University, where he developed new tools for measuring soil water potential aligned with ecosystem-scale measurements of carbon and water exchange. His current research at METER Group is focused on developing instruments to measure the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
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.
Questions?
Our July 9 episode of Office Hours will feature top questions from the live webinar as well as a selection of questions received after the event.
To submit a question, please use the form below. One of our experts will respond to you directly even if the question is not used in Office Hours.
Our upcoming episode of Office Hours will feature Dr. Daniel Beverly and Product Scientist Chris Chambers answering questions about evapotranspiration (ET) and VBR. If you would like to learn more about this topic, you can watch the recorded webinar or submit a question using the form on this page.
Presenters
Dr. Daniel Beverly is a Research Scientist at METER Group. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Ecology and Biology from the University of Northern Colorado, where he focused on measuring CO2 fluxes following bark-beetle infestations and the subsequent forest management. He received his PhD in Hydrological Sciences from the University of Wyoming, with a focus on using sapflux and eddy covariance to disentangle how plants, management practices, and climate change modulate CO2 and H2O fluxes.
Before joining METER Group, Daniel was a USDA Research Fellow at Indiana University, where he developed new tools for measuring soil water potential aligned with ecosystem-scale measurements of carbon and water exchange. His current research at METER Group is focused on developing instruments to measure the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
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.
Questions?
Our July 9 episode of Office Hours will feature top questions from the live webinar as well as a selection of questions received after the event.
To submit a question, please use the form below. One of our experts will respond to you directly even if the question is not used in Office Hours.
In this episode of Office Hours, Dr. Daniel Beverly and Product Scientist Chris Chambers answer questions about evapotranspiration (ET) and the Variance Bowen Ratio (VBR) method. Watch the episode to learn more about
- The differences between reference ET, crop ET, and actual ET
- How to characterize hydraulic plant stress more accurately using actual ET
- How VBR methods support scaling ET measurements across a larger area
- How to determine which instrument(s) and measurements match your application
If you would like to learn more about this topic, you can watch the recorded webinar about ET and VBR technology.
Questions?
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