Soil Moisture Probe Installed at Biosphere 2 (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Soil Moisture Probe Installed at Biosphere 2

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Peter Schifflett, from Zetetic Institute of Tucson, Ariz., programs a cosmic-ray probe to detect soil moisture on the grounds of Biosphere 2. The probe was installed in April of 2008.

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Copyright 2008 Marek Zreda.

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