Air & soil sensors

Published 2014-04

Products and services using Air & soil sensors are generally available around 2015

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: hit
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Audit: confirmed
in the fixed audit sample (D11)
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

Commercial soil moisture sensors with wireless loggers (Decagon EC-5, 5TM, Em50R) were sold and deployed on irrigated fields by 2013; weather stations were routine farm equipment.

Test: D37 Horizons: farm environmental sensor products buyable by ordinary farms by 2017 (earlier counts).

Wireless sensor network for monitoring soil moisture (Applied Engineering in Agriculture, USDA ARS) (2015): Commercial Decagon soil sensors and radio data loggers deployed across center-pivot fields for real-time soil moisture monitoring.

Grader B: hit

Commercial soil-moisture probes (Decagon/METER, Sentek) and farm weather stations (Davis) were sold long before 2015.

Test: Such sensors could be bought by farmers by 2017 (earlier counts).

METER Group (formerly Decagon) environment sensors (2014): Commercial soil moisture and weather sensors for agriculture.

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id: hz-2014-034
category: Agricultural technologies
kind: technology
target year: 2015
placed year: 2015
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2014,"mainstream":2015,"financially_viable":2015}
confidence: high
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2015.2, between the 2015 and 2016 lines, nearer 2015 (read as 2015). Bar from 2013.8 to 2015.4: scientifically viable ~2014, financially viable ~2015. The bar reaches the inner edge of the grid (~2014), so scientific viability may be at or before the chart start. Sub-area: Sensors.