System S1
Product details
Our slim detector kit is best suited for agricultural installations for long-term monitoring of soil moisture on a diurnal scale.
- Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing Probes
- Slim detector
- Daily averages
- Typical count rate per hour: 1000.
- Starting from 6800.00 €
Equipment
- Battery, PV panel and charger.
- GPS receiver: Position and time measurement (horizontal precision: 2.5 m, maximum update rate: 1 Hz).
- Thermal neutron shielding (Nibranium) based on a gadolinium coating.
Environment Sensors:
- Air pressure (Resolution: 0.2 Pa, Precision: 1.7 hPa)
- temperature (Resolution: 0.01 K, Precision: 1 K)
- humidity (Resolution: 0.008%, Precision: 3%).
Below some exemplary configurations are shown:
The CRNS detector is usually mounted 1 to 2 meters above the ground surface, providing a significant exposure to far-field radiation from albedo neutrons which have further penetrated tens of decimeters through the soil. The neutron count rate is representative of the average root-zone water content in a footprint of up to 18 hectares and 20 cm to 70 cm in depth.
Dimensions:
• Casing: 146 cm × ∅18 cm
Voltages:
• Logger: 12 V (9 V to 24 V)
• nCatcher: 6.5 V, -6.5 V, 5 V (via logger)
Environmental sensors:
Temperature:
• absolute precision: 1 K
• resolution: 0.01 K
Pressure:
• absolute precision: 1 hPa
• relative precision: 0.12 hPa
• resolution: 0.0018 hPa
Air humidity:
• absolute precision: 3 %
• relative precision: 1 %
Resolution:
• 0.008 %
• hysteresis: 1 %
GPS:
• horizontal precision: 2.5 m and 2 m with SBAS.
Periphery:
• SD card: up to 4 GB, FAT/FAT32, FAT32 recommended (caution: file number limitation for FAT).
• GSM and antenna: Quad-Band (GSM 850, EGSM 900, DCS 1800, PCS 1900), 10 dB.
Internal:
• Real-time clock: DS3231, temperature stabilized
• Modem: BC95-G or SIM7600E-H
