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Field measurement technology: Device list

Ultrasonic Doppler measuring device: OTT MF pro, quantity: 1

Acoustic digital flow meter: OTT ADC, quantity: 1

Impeller measuring devices: smalland large impellers (OTT), quantity: 3+

(vane) counters: OTT Z400, OTT Z215 (digital & mechanical), quantity: 3+

Thomson weir: various sizes, quantity: 4

Water level loggers: Ecotech DL/N various generations, quantity: 6+. generations, quantity: 6+

Secchi sight glass: Hydro Bios Kiel, Quantity: 2

Multiparameter probe: TSI Velocicalc Plus, quantity: 2

Multi-parameter measuring device:

FDR probe: Ecotech – different versions, quantity: 10+

TDR soil moisture set: IMKO Trime FM, quantity: 1

pF-Meter: Ecotech – different versions, quantity: 10+

mobile FDR soil moisture set: Ecotech HH2 & Theta probe, quantity: 6

Stationary soil moisture set: Sentek Drill & Drop 120 with RDT, quantity: 4

Various drilling equipment: Pürckhauer and Edelmann drill bits with accessories for various soils, quantity: 10

Soil oxygen analyser: Eijkelkamp ODR, quantity: 1

Double ring infiltrometer: Quantity: 5+

Bonnet infiltrometer: Ecotech, Quantity: 1

Penetrologger: Eijkelkamp penetrologger with GPS, quantity: 3

Hand-held penetrometer: Eijkelkamp, Quantity: 1

Soil sampling equipment: 100/250ccm soil sampling cylinders, various shovels, spades, etc., quantity: 10+

Pedological mapping instructions: KA5, quantity: 3+

Soil colour charts: Munsell Soil Colour Chart, quantity: 7

Field LAI measuring device: Li-cor LAI 2200C, quantity: 2

Chlorophyll meter: Konica-Minolta SPAD 502 Plus, quantity: 2

Mobile (multi-) measuring instruments for determining atmospheric variables: e.g. Testo 435, Testo 452, Ahlborn, thermal and vane anemometer, CO2, humidity, temperature, pressure; quantity: 10+

Thermohygrobarograph (+weather hut): Eijkelkamp, Thies; Quantity: 6+

Hand anemometer: Lambrecht Meteodigit 9164, Quantity: 3

Hand-held pressure gauge: Greisinger GMH 3110, quantity: 2

Rain gauge according to Hellmann: e.g. Eijkelkamp, Thies; Quantity: 10+

Mechanical psychrometers: various, quantity: 7

Weather stations for continuous measurements: 8 stations in operation and various spare parts THIES, Ecotech

Laser scanner: Optech ILRIS 3D, Quantity: 1

AG GPS / GNSS: Trimble AgGPS 450 RTK, Quantity: 1

GNSS: Topcon HiPerSR, quantity: 1

DGPS / GNSS: Trimble BaseStation incl. Trimble Pathfinder, quantity: 1

Precision surveying equipment: JenOptik LEM 300-GEO, quantity: 1

Mobile GPS devices:

  • Garmin 60, quantity: 7
  • Garmin 62s, quantity: 6
  • Garmin 64s, quantity: 6

Theodolites: Quantity: 3+

Various mechanical field measuring devices: distance, altitude, inclination measuring devices, compasses; Quantity: 10+

Surveying tools: geocollars, measuring sticks, tape measures; Quantity: 10+

Automatic water samplers and weekly sampling and flow determination of all tributaries: Water monitoring Salza catchment area, number: 2

Weather stations: ADAK weather service Central German dry area, number: 8

Soil moisture measuring field Argrar (FDR, pF-meter, temperature): Soil hydrological monitoring in Central Germany and Central Asia, number: 2

Campbell Scientific Eddy-covariance system (heat, water vapour, CO2 fluxes): Gas exchange measurement on agricultural test plots in Merbitz, number: 1

  • Central neutralisation system for all waste water
  • Compressed air taps in all rooms up to 5 bar pressure
  • Cooling cell (5 °C) and freezing cell (-18 °C)
  • Room for determining grain sizes can be air-conditioned
  • Heatable drying racks for samples, dust extractor in the sample preparation laboratory
  • Jaw crusher, planetary ball mill, centrifuge, sieve towers, scales
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