Symposium Planning
May 20, 2001
PALTIN's Proposal for the First International Symposium on Capacitance
and Impedance based Probes, 2002
PALTIN
International Inc., an independent research and technology transfer
company dealing with real-time water monitoring systems for irrigation,
drainage, hydrology and environmental impact studies, is proposing the
organization of the First International Symposium on "Capacitance Probes
- Achievements and Challenges of the 21st Century, to be held in the
Washington D.C. Baltimore Corridor area, in the second half of next
year. Research, academia, private consultants, current and future
customers, manufacturers and distributors are cordially invited to
support and participate to the success of this first symposium. It will
be our choice to follow with other symposiums every 5 -10 years.
RATIONAL: Capacitance probes and real-time soil water profile dynamics
monitoring systems, based on international research developments of more
then sixty years, have been under exponential innovative and commercial
expansion due to the advancements in microelectronics, telemetry
systems, computer hard and software, of the last decade of the 20th
century. At present, the capacitance probes are manufactured on four
continents (North America, Europe, Australia and Middle East-Asia) and
distributed globally. More challenges related to the best use of water
resources by all users are still ahead of us for the next century,
including the 'ground truth' regional and global networks to be
established for validation and real-time calibration of actual and
future remote sensing sensors installed on orbital platforms.
SYMPOSIUM TENTATIVE AGENDA: Four forms of participation are envisaged:
1) Paper presentations to be reviewed by members of the organizing
committee and a panel of voluntary reviewers, and finally published in
proceedings of the symposium and possible in a book with the state of
the art and challenges facing capacitance probes in the first decade of
the 21st century;
2) Technical exhibition for suppliers and manufacturers to demonstrate
their capacitance probes, telemetry and real-time monitoring systems;
3) Short courses for future distributors and customers interested to
qualify for using or distributing new probes and technologies;
4) Laboratory and field visits to research institutions, academia and
private customers using capacitance probes and real-time monitoring
systems in the Washington D.C. Baltimore Corridor, where research on
multisensor capacitance probes and real-time monitoring systems had been
initiated in 1995 and still expanding in different experiments and field
studies.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Professionals working on capacitance probes and
real-time monitoring systems in research, education, private industry,
and consultancy are kindly invited to contribute to the success of the
first international symposium on capacitance probes.
CORPORATE SPONSORS: International, national and regional corporations
and institutions are cordially invited to sponsor the first symposium
and publications of the state of the art and challenges for the
capacitance probes, telemetry and real-time monitoring systems for best
use of global water resources.
We will welcome and appreciate your comments on organizing and
participation at the First International Symposium on "Capacitance
Probes - Achievements and Challenges of the 21st Century", to be held in
the Washington D.C. - Baltimore Corridor area, in the second half of
next year. Email will be addressed to Dr. Ioan C. Paltineanu at icpaltin@msn.com
ref: Symposium - Capacitance probes, 2002.
Some of the recent papers and book chapters on multisensor capacitance
probes and real-time water dynamics monitoring, published in
collaboration, are enclosed, as references for the SOWACS-L; TRICKLE-L;
SALINITY-L (Capacitance Probes) and for all members at their request.
Selected Recent Published Papers on "Capacitance probes and water
dynamics monitoring systems":
Paltineanu, I. C., and J. L. Starr, 2000. Real-time soil water dynamics.
Chapter 4, Hydrology, Section 4.6., J. H. Lehr Editor, Handbook of
Environmental Science, Health & Technology. McGraw-Hill Publ., New York,
N.Y., 4.45-4.57.
Paltineanu, I. C., and J. L. Starr, 2000. Preferential water flow
through corn canopy and soil-water dynamics across rows Soil Sci. Soc.
Am. J. 64(1): 44-54.
Starr, J. L., and I. C Paltineanu, 1998. Soil water dynamics using
multisensor capacitance probes in non-traffic interrows of plow and
no-till corn Soil. Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62: 114-122.
Starr, J. L., and I. C. Paltineanu, 1998. Real-time soil water dynamics
over large areas using multisensor capacitance probes and monitoring
system Soil and Till.Res. 47:43-49.
Paltineanu, I. C., J.L. Starr and P. J. Rice, 1998. Multisensor
capacitance probe use in soil water dynamics studies versus real-time
ET, irrigation and water table data. Agronomy Abstracts. Annual Meeting
of ASA-CSSA-SSSA, Baltimore, MD, p. 286.
Paltineanu, I. C., and J. L. Starr, 1997. Real-time soil water dynamics
using multisensor capacitance probes: laboratory calibration. Soil Sci.
Soc. Am. J. 61:1576-1585.
December 22, 2001
First International Symposium on Soil Water Measurement using
Capacitance, Impedance and
Time Domain Transmission (TDT)
Call for registration and papers abstracts: "The First International
Symposium on Soil Water Measurement using Capacitance, Impedance and
Time Domain Transmission (TDT)" to be held at the Washington D.C.
Baltimore area, first week of November 2002. Progress has been made
since March 2001, regarding our proposal to organize "The First
International Symposium on Capacitance Probes Achievement and
Challenges of the 21st century" in the Washington DC-Baltimore area, in
the autumn of 2002. As a result of
suggestions, presentations and exhibits regarding Impedance and Time
Domain Transmission (TDT) probes will be included, along with
Capacitance probes.
I) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: (in order of acceptance of invitation) Based on
the positive responses for support an initial Organizing Committee has
been formed: Dr. Ioan C. Paltineanu (PALTIN International Inc., Laurel,
Maryland, USA), Dr. James L. Starr (USDA-ARS-Beltsville, Maryland, USA);
Dr. Rien Van Genuchten (USDA-ARS Riverside, California, USA); Dr. Ali
Fares (University of Florida CREC, Lake Alfred, Florida, USA); Dr. W. R.
Whalley (Silsoe Research Institute, Silsoe, U.K.); Dr. Vaclav Kuraz,
(Czech Technical University, Praha, Czech Republic); Dr. Jeff Campbell
(Campbell Consulting, Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, USA). We are expecting more
responses of acceptance to extend and support the Symposium's organizing
committee and the panel of voluntary reviewers.
II) MAIN TOPICS FOR PAPERS, POSTERS AND DISCCUSSIONS: Presentations of
research, technical and synthesis papers (oral, multimedia and posters)
regarding The STATE OF THE ART, FIELD SCALE APPLICATIONS, including
future directions, will cover the following topics (proposals for new
topics are welcomed):
1) The STATE OF THE ART:
1.1. Theory: dielectric properties of porous media; effects of operating
frequency sensors performance; relationship between water content,
temperature, salinity and reading frequencies; permittivity vs. water
content, etc.;
1.2. New developments: sensors, systems, logging facilities, and
accessories;
1.3. Software:
1.3.1. Data presentation, integration of weather data, ET ref., etc.;
1.3.2. Calculate different soil water budget components, i.e., leaching
and recharge rates based on water content and weather data.
1.4. Calibration: Methodology (laboratory and field); Mineralogy;
Shrinking and Swelling media; High organic content media; Saline
conditions; Layered soils; Zone of influence (axial and radial); etc;
1.5. Development of new real-time soil water profile dynamics monitoring
data based computer models for large areas;
1.6. Spatial monitoring and remote monitoring:
1.6.1. Soil water content (surface and profile) monitoring over large
research/application areas (ground truth);
1.6.2. Telemetery: Radio frequencies, cellular phones, aircraft,
satellites;
1.7. Global distribution of capacitance, impedance and TDT probes,
monitoring and telemetry systems over large areas for research,
practical applications and educational programs (High Schools, Colleges,
Public at large);
1.8. Future directions: Global network for real-time soil water profile
dynamics vs. remote sensing monitoring; etc.
2) APPLICATIONS CASE STUDIES:
2.1. Research oriented studies over large areas using GPS and GIS data
(climate change, drought, flood, agriculture, forestry, hydrology, and
environmental impact studies);
2.2. Aircraft and orbital platforms remote sensing calibration data
versus "ground truth" real-time soil moisture profile dynamics
monitoring and telemetry systems data, using GPS and GIS data;
2.3. Irrigation and drainage in agricultural settings such as field and
vegetable crops, fruit trees, vineyards;
2.4. Irrigation and drainage of sports fields (football, baseball, golf
courses, etc.,) parks, and landscape architectural projects;
2.5. Land reclamation, rural development, civil engineering,
construction (highways, bridges, airports, concrete structures), mining
works;
2.6. Waste disposal sites for nuclear and non-nuclear materials;
2.7. Future directions.
III) TENTATIVE AGENDA: Proposals for tentative agenda: Suggestions
welcome for the time frame. In any case we will be looking for advance
commitments of those giving papers.
1) Preregistration . Participants name, address, Title of Paper, Poster
presentation, Exhibition: Send email to Dr. Ioan C. Paltineanu at
icpaltin@msn.com before February 1, 2002;
2) Paper and poster presentations Abstracts: (authors, addresses, and
text maximum one page 8.5" X 11", MS Word, double spaced, 1" margin
top/base, 1" margin left/right, use 12 point font Times New Roman type
for Title, all other text use 10 point font Times New Roman type. Send
to Dr. Ioan C. Paltineanu at icpaltin@msn.com before February 15, 2002 ;
3) Organizing Committee response with acceptance of the Abstracts: March
15, 2002;
4) Registration (including fees for participation with papers, posters,
exhibits, sponsorship). Send to Dr. Ioan C. Paltineanu before April 1,
2002;.
5) Full text paper (maximum 10 pages including title, authors,
addresses, introduction, methods and materials, results, discussions,
recommendations, conclusions, tables and figures and references, MS
Word, double spaced). Send to Dr. Ioan C. Paltineanu at
icpaltin@msn.com
before May 1, 2002.
6) Return paper to authors, with peer review observations by July 01,
2002.
7) Final draft, ready for publication, will be send back to Dr. Ioan C.
Paltineanu, at
icpaltin@msn.com by August 01, 2002.
8) Participants will receive at the opening of Symposium: a spiral hard
copy booklet with all abstracts of papers and poster presentations,
names and addresses of participants and sponsors; a book with full text
of the reviewed and approved for publication papers, max. 10
pages/paper); a CD ROM with all full length of peer reviewed papers.
9) At the recommendation of the Organizing Committee a limited number of
authors will be advised to submit to the Vadose Zone Electronic Journal
(Editor: Dr. Rien Van Genutchen) papers following specific publication
rules.
10) At the recommendation of the Organizing Committee, the Sponsors will
provide funds for editing and publishing a book on "Capacitance,
Impedance and Time Domain Transmission probes for real-time soil water
profile monitoring: Theory and Practical Applications"
11) Visits to laboratories and to agricultural large field scale
studies, as well as athletic fields, other applications and
demonstrations, will be included in the program.
IV) SPONSORS AND COLLABORATORS: The main manufacturers and distributors
of Capacitance, Impedance and TDT based probes that have responded
positively so far, are: Sentek Pty Ltd., Stepney, and Agrilink
International Pty Ltd., Hilton, from South Australia; Delta-T Devices
Ltd., Burwell, Cambridge, and Envirofactors, Bradford, from the United
Kingdom; Streat Instruments, Bromley, Christchurch, from the New
Zealand; Environmental Sensors Inc., Victoria, B.C., from Canada;
Dynamax, Inc., Houston, Texas, Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc.,
Portland, Oregon, and Campbell Consulting Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, from
the U.S.A. Some individuals from research, education and private
industry have also expressed interest in participation at the Symposium
- 2002. National and international nongovernmental societies, state and
federal agencies, universities, private companies and foundations
interested in promoting non nuclear real-time soil water measurement
probes, monitoring and telemetry systems based on Capacitance, Impedance
and Time Domain Transmission, are welcomed and will be recognized by the
Symposium's Transactions.
V) PARTICIPATION FEES: Individual and corporate fees for participation
at Symposium will be announced after the pre registration period,
February 15, 2002, when the total number of participants will be known.
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