Soil-Temperature on Chris Ramsay

Soil Temperature Monitoring - Part Four

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Some would say that at this stage I was almost there with the soil sensor project. All there was left to do was get the thing into the ground. Being that I am a flawed perfectionist, I had some other ideas . I was not going to simply chuck it in the ground without some…

Soil Temperature Monitoring - Part Three

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

A very brief part three of the, somewhat delayed, soil temperature monitoring project. This project has been left a little on the side gathering dust whilst I spent some time concentrating on the cloud detection project, but I am now determined to get this system up and running and its sensors in the ground before…

Soil Temperature Monitoring - Part Two

Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:31:00 +0100

Part two on the soil temperature monitoring project. Detailing some thoughts on how to get the sensors in to the ground in a way that will keep them protected from the underground environment. Following that, some subequent details on the construction of the sensor housings.

Soil Temperature Monitoring - Part One

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100

This project has its roots in a chance sighting of some, what I thought were, interesting looking API parameters on the Met Office weather data submission service. I’ve been running a small weather station for about a year with its data output being harvested by a RaspberryPi and packed off to the Met Office observation…