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First International
Symposium
On
Soil Water Measurement
Using
Capacitance and Impedance
PROGRAM
USDA-ARS Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center
Conference Room, 10300
Baltimore Avenue Building 005
Beltsville, Maryland 20705,
USA
Organized by:
PALTIN International Inc.
6309 Sandy Street
Laurel, Maryland 20707
USA
in cooperation
with
USDA-ARS
Beltsville Agricultural
Research Center
Beltsville, Maryland 20705
Organizing Committee:
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Dr. Ioan Caton Paltineanu
PALTIN International Inc.
6309 Sandy Street
Laurel, Maryland 20707, USA
ioan@paltin.com
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Dr.
James L. Starr
USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
ANRI, Environmental Quality Laboratory
10300 Baltimore Avenue
BARC-West, Bldg. 007
Beltsville, Maryland, 20705 USA
starrj@ba.ars.usda.gov |
Dr. Jeffrey E.
Campbell
Campbell Consulting, LLC
12 Spring Creek Drive
Horseshoe Bend, Idaho 8362 USA
siroink@aol.com |
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Dr. Rien van Genuchten
George E. Brown, Jr. Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS
450 W. Big Springs Road
Riverside, California 92507-4617 USA
RVANG@ussl.ars.usda.gov
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Dr. Vaclav Kurav
Faculty of Civil Engineering
CTU in Prague, Thakurova 7
16629 Prague 6, Czech Republic
kuraz@fsv.cvut.cz |
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Dr. Richard Walley
Silsoe Research Institute
Wrest Park
Silsoe
Bedford MK45 4HS
UK
richard.whalley@bbsrc.ac.uk
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Dr. Ali Fares
Hydrology & Tropical Soils
Nat. Res. & Enviro. Manag. Depart.
College of Tropical Agricultural and Human Nutrition
University of Hawaii at Manoa
1910 East-West Road Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 USA
AFares@Hawaii.Edu |
Tuesday, November 5, 2002
13:00 - 17: 00
Set up of the
Technical Exhibit
Day 1, Wednesday, November 06, 2002
| 7:30 – 8:30 |
Breakfast and Registration of participants |
| 8:45 – 9:00 |
Official Opening of Symposium – 2002 (Conference and
Technical Exhibit)
Introductory remarks: Dr. Ioan Caton Paltineanu
– President
PALTIN International Inc., Laurel, Maryland 20707, USA
Welcome Address: Dr.
Phyllis E. Johnson –
Area Director
USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland
20705, USA |
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1.
STATE OF THE ART:
Moderators: Dr. James L. Starr
and Dr. Vaclav Kuraz |
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09:00 – 09:30 |
1.1 “Real-time Soil
Water Dynamics Monitoring using Capacitance and Impedance –
A Global View”
Ioan Caton Paltineanu, PALTIN International Inc., 6309 Laurel St. Laurel,
Maryland 20707, USA.
icpaltin@msn.com
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| 09:30 – 10:00 |
1.2
"Salinity Effects in Capacitive Soil Moisture Measurement”
Jeffrey E. Campbell Campbell Consulting, LLC, 12 Spring Creek Dr.,Horseshoe
Bend, Idaho 8362, USA.
Siroink@aol.com |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
1.3
“Dielectrics – Beyond Water Content”
S.D. Logsdon, National Soil Tilth Laboratory, 2150 Pammel Dr., Ames, Iowa 50011,
USA.
logsdon@nstl.gov |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
1.4
"An estimate of the permittivity of water stored in allophane spherules of
volcanic soils”
C.M. Regalado, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA), Soil and
Irrigation Department, Apdo. 60 La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna,
Spain.
cregalad@icia.es
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| 11:30 – 12:00 |
1.5
“Multi-Sensor Capacitance Probe Scaled Frequency Temperature Response by Soil
Type and Volumetric Water Content”
Matthew A. Bower and James L. Starr, USDA, ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research
Center, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA.
mseyfrie@nwrc.ars.usda.gov
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| 12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 13:30 |
1.6
“Effects of Soil Type and Temperature on Soil Water Content Measurement using a
Soil Dielectric Sensor”
M.S. Seyfried and M.D. Murdock, USDA-ARS, Idaho, USA. |
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13:30 – 14:00 |
1.7 “Temperature influence on the soil dielectric constant measured by a capacitance
probe and consequences for soil moisture estimation”
André Chanzy and Jean-Claude Gaudu, INRA-Climate Soil and Environment, Site
Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cédex 9, France.
achanzy@avignon.inra.fr
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2.
APPLICATIONS:
Moderators: Dr. Jeffrey E. Campbell and Dr. Ali Fares |
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14:00 – 14:30 |
2.1 “Using Capacitance Probes to Measure Soil Water in
Lysimeters with Shallow Saline Ground Water”
Richard W. Soppe, James E. Ayars and Mark E. Grismer, Post Doctoral Fellow and
Agricultural Engineer respectively, USDA-ARS-WMRL, 9611 S Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, California, Professor, Department of Land, Air
and Water Resources, UC-Davis, Davis, California, USA.
rsoppe@fresno.ars.usda.gov
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14:30 – 15:00 |
Break
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15:00 – 15:30 |
2.2
“Irrigation
Scheduling of Cotton with Capacitance Probes in the Presence of Shallow Saline
Ground Water”
James E. Ayars and Richard W. Soppe, Agricultural Engineer and Post Doctoral
Fellow respectively, USDA-ARS-WMRL, 9611 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier,
California, USA.
jayars@fresno.ars.usda.gov
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15:30 – 16:00 |
2.3 “Three Dimensional Simulation of a Capacitance Probe using the Finite Element
Method - a Tool to Study Soil Moisture”
Hervé Bolvin* - André Chambarel* - André Chanzy**, * Complex Hydrodynamics
Laboratory, 33 rue Louis Pasteur, F-84000 AVIGNON, ** INRA – Unité C.S.E.,
Domaine Saint Paul, F-84914 AVIGNON CEDEX, France.
andre.chambarel@univ-avignon.fr
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18:30 – 20:30 |
Cocktail Reception and Dinner at the Moose Creek Steak House
Holiday Inn
10000 Baltimore Ave.
College Park, Maryland 20740
Phone: (301) 345-6700 |
Day 2, Thursday, November 07, 2002
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07:30 – 08:00 |
Breakfast |
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4. POSTER SESSION & Technical Exhibit for
participants at Symposium 2002 |
| 08:00 – 09:20 |
4.1
“Application of the Dielectric Soil Moisture Meter for
Measuring the Moisture of Concrete”
Vaclav
Kuraz, Jan Matousek and
Jiri Litos, Faculty of
Civil Engineering, CTU in Prague, Thakurova 7, 166 29 Prague 6, Czech
Republic.
kuraz@fsv.cvut.cz
4.2 “Real-time Soil Moisture Monitoring: Confirmation
of Subsurface Flow Pathways”
Gish, T. J., W. P. Dulaney, C. L.Walthall, C. S. T.
Daughtry, and K.-J. S. Kung, USDA, ARS, ANRI, Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
tgish@hydrolab.arsusda.gov
4.3 “Comparing the neutron moisture meter with
capacitance soil moisture probes for strategic irrigation management of flood
irrigated cotton”
D.H.G Sloane, Agrilink Holdings Pty., Unit 7 /
69 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton, South Australia
dsloane@agrilink-int.com
4.4 “Comparing the ‘pressure bomb’
with capacitance soil moisture probes for strategic irrigation management of
premium wine grapes”
Ross Stewart and Gavin Wheatcroft, Agrilink Holdings Pty.,
7/69 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton, South Australia.
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| 09:30 |
Busses depart for the field day visits |
| 10:00 |
Visit to
the PALTIN International Inc. Field Demo Sites at the
Maryland Jockey Club – Laurel Race Track. Results
obtained with surface, subsurface and profile water dynamics probes (Dynamax
TH2O, Delta-T PR1, Aquaflex) and the first data of multisensor independent
capacitance probe (Sentek EasyAG) with EIT radio telemetry under horse race
turf. |
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10:00 –
11:30 |
Presentations:
Mr. Robbie Mitten – Turf course Superintendent, The Maryland Jockey Club, Laurel Race
Track, Maryland
Dr. Ioan C. Paltineanu – President, PALTIN International Inc.,
Laurel, Maryland |
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11:30 – 12:15 |
Lunch at Ruffian Room (all participants) |
| 12:30 – 13:00 |
Horse Race
named: “Symposium – 2002 PALTIN International Inc.”, photo with
the winner and visit to paddock |
| 13:00 – 13:30 |
Discussions of real-time soil water monitoring under turf at Ruffian Room |
| 13:45 – 16:45 |
Visits to the fields of
the USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, where multisensor
capacitance probes and monitoring systems have been used in multi-annual
experiments. Presentations:
Dr. James L. Starr, Environmental Quality Laboratory
Dr. Timothy Gish, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory
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Day 3, Friday, November 07, 2002
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07:30 – 08:00 |
Breakfast |
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2.
Applications (continued)
Moderators: Dr. James L. Starr
and Dr. Jeffrey E. Campbell |
| 08:00 – 09:30 |
2.4 “Recent Upgrading of the
Dielectric Soil Moisture Meter. Case Study: Monitoring the Water Regime of
Surface Dumps”
Vaclav Kuraz and Jan Matousek, Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU in
Prague, Thakurova 7, 16629 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
kuraz@fsv.cvut.cz
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09:30 – 10:00 |
2.5 “The Effect of Installation
Method on the Calibration of Capacitance Soil Moisture Sensors”
A J Giffen and P J Hulme Agrilink Holdings Pty Ltd, Hilton, South
Australia 5033, Australia Sustainable Soil Management, Warren, New
South Wales 2824, Australia. |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
2.6
“Challenges of Field Calibration
of a Capacitance and a Neutron Probe in a Clay Soil”
Ali Fares, Peter Buss, Michael Dalton and Larry R.
Parsons, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Natural Resources and Environmental
Management Department, Honolulu, Irrigation and Hydrology Department, Sentek,
Pty. Ltd., Stepney, Adelaide, South Australia, University of Florida Citrus
Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, Florida 33850, USA.
AFares@Hawaii.Edu
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
2.7 “Time Delay Animation of Furrow
Irrigated Cotton Wetting and Drying Cycles Measured with Capacitance Probes”
D.H.G. Sloane, Agrilink Holdings
Pty Ltd, Hilton, South Australia 5033, Australia.
dsloane@agrilink-int.com
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11:30 – 12:00 |
2.8 “Critical Overview of the
Performance A Multisensor Capacitance System”
Ali Fares, Ashok. K. Alva, Siva Paramasivam and L.R. Parsons
, University of Hawaii, NREM, 1910 East-West Road Honolulu, HI, 96822.,
USDA-ARS-PWA, 24106 North Bunn Road, Prosser, WA 99350, MEB Research Center,
P.O. Box 20600, Savannah State University, Savannah, GA 31404, University of
Florida CREC, 700 Exp. Stn. Rd. Lake Alfred, Florida, USA.
AFares@Hawaii.Edu
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12:00 - 12:30 |
Lunch |
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3. New
Developments
Moderators: Dr. Ioan Caton Paltineanu and Dr. James L. Starr |
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12:30 – 13:00 |
3.1 “EasyAG,
Performance of a New Slim Line Multisensor Soil Water Capacitance Probe”
Buss, P., Dalton, M., and Olden, S., Irrigation & Hydrology Department,
Adelaide, Australia. |
| 13:00 – 13:30 |
3.2 “Theta and Profiler Soil Moisture Probes – Accurate Impedance Measurement
Devices - New Applications”
Michael van Bavel, Dynamax Inc., and Chris Nichols, Delta-T Devices Ltd., 10808
Fallstone Rd., Suite 350, Houston, Texas, USA.
admin@dynamax.com
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13:30 – 14:00 |
3.3 “A Modified Technique to Measure Near Surface Soil Moisture Using an
Impedance Probe”
Teferi D. Tsegaye, Wubishet Tadesse, Tommy L. Coleman, and Thomas J. Jackson,
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35762,
USDA-ARS, Beltsville Maryland 20705, USA.
ttsegaye@aamu.edu
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Break |
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Moderators presentations of conclusions, and free
discussions on new directions for the future (symposiums,
book publications, etc). |
| 15:00
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Official
closure of Symposium - 2002 |
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Individual Participants by Country:
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Australia |
Mr. Peter Buss, Sentek Pty Ltd,
Irrigation and Hydrology Department, 77 Magill
Road, Stepney, South Australia 5069
Mr. Colin Peak, Projects Manager,
Environmental Information Technologies (EIT), Alstonville, NSW,
Australia
Dr. David Sloane, Agrilink Holdings Pty
Ltd, Hilton, South Australia 5033 |
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Czech Republic |
Dr. Vaclav Kuraz, Faculty of Civil
Engineering, Czech Technical University,
Thakurova 7, 16629 Prague 6, Czech Republic |
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France |
Dr. Andre Chanzy, INRA Climate Soil and
Environment, Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France
Dr. Herve Bolvin, Complex Hydrodynamics
Laboratory, Universite d'Avignon, Avignon, France |
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Spain |
Dr. Carlos M. Regalado, Instituto
Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA), Soil and Irrigation
Department, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain |
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United Kingdom |
Mr. Chris Nicholl, Delta-T Devices Ltd.
Burwell, Cambridge, England |
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United States |
Dr. James Ayars, Agricultural Engineer,
USDA-ARS-WMRL, Parlier, California, USA
Mr. Matthew A. Bower, M.S. Agricultural
Engineering, USDA-ARS ANRI EQL, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Dr. Jeffrey E. Campbell, Campbell
Consulting LLC, 12 Spring Creek Dr., Horseshoe Bend, Idaho 83629, USA
Mr. Michael Cosh, USDA-ARS Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory,
10300 Baltimore Ave. BARC-West, Bldg 007, Beltsville, Maryland 20705,
USA
Dr. Ali Fares, Citrus Research &
Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida 33850, USA
Dr. Timothy Gish, USDA-ARS Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory,
10300 Baltimore Ave. BARC-West, Bldg 007, Beltsville, Maryland 20705,
USA
Mr. Scott Grossman, US Army, CECOM RDEC
NVESD, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA
Dr. Sally D. Logsdon, USDA-ARS National
Soil Tilth Laboratory, 2150 Pammel Dr., Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
Mr. Bill Mann, Stevens Water Monitoring
Systems, Inc. 5465 SW Western Avenue, Suite F Beaverton, Oregon 97005
USA
Mr. Robbie Mitten, Turf Course
Superintendent, The Maryland Jockey Club, Laurel Race Track, Laurel,
Maryland, USA
Dr. Clayton Morton, T-Systems
International, San Diego, California, USA
Dr. Ioan Caton Paltineanu, President,
PALTIN International Inc., Laurel, Maryland, USA
Dr. Mark Seyfried, USDA-ARS, Boise,
Idaho, USA
Dr. Richard W. Soppe, Post Doctoral
Fellow, USDA-ARS-WMRL, Parlier, California, USA
Dr. James L. Starr, USDA, ARS,
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, ANRI, Environmental Quality
Laboratory, 10300 Baltimore Ave., BARC-West, Bldg. 007, Beltsville,
Maryland, 20705, USA
Dr. Teferi Tsegaye, Alabama A & M
University, Normal, Alabama 35762, USA
Mr. Michael van Bavel, B.S.E.E. -
President DYNAMAX Inc. 10808 Fallstone Suite 350 Houston, Texas 77099
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Companies Participating at the Technical
Exhibit: |
| Booth #1 |
SENTEK Pty Ltd, 77 Magill Road,
Stepney, South Australia 5069, www.sentek.com.au
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
Pty. Ltd. (EIT) Alstoneville, NSW, Australia
www.eitechnology.com.au
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Booth #2 |
DYNAMAX Inc. 10808 Fallstone Suite 350
Houston, Texas 77099 USA, www.dynamax.com
DELTA-T DEVICES LTD., 128 Low Road,
Burwell, Cambridge CB5, OEJ, England www.delta-t.co.uk
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Booth #3 |
STEVENS Water Monitoring Systems, Inc.
5465 SW Western Avenue, Suite F Beaverton, Oregon 97005 USA,
www.stevenswater.com
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Booth #4 |
AGRILINK HOLDINGS Pty Ltd, Hilton,
South Australia, 5033, www.agrilink.int.com
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Booth #5 |
Campbell Consulting, LLC, 12 Spring
Creek Drive, Horseshoe Bend, Idaho 83692, USA
Environmental Measuring Systems,
Turisticka 5, 621 00 Brno, Czech Republic,
www.emsbrno.cz
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Experimental and Demo Field
Visits: |
USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research
Center, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
Dr. James L. Starr and Dr. Timothy GishPALTIN International Inc.
Demo Field at Maryland Jockey Club, Laurel Race Track
Dr. Ioan Caton Paltineanu and Mr. Robbie Mitten |
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