{"id":98,"date":"2015-03-12T23:48:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2015-06-04T18:33:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T18:33:48","slug":"soil-moisture-sensors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=98","title":{"rendered":"Soil Moisture Sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/63945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-37 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/63945-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"63945\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/63945-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/63945-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/63945.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moisture sensors measure the volumetric water content (volume of water per volume of soil) within the soil and can help determine flow paths that water takes during a storm. By understanding the fluctuations of soil moisture we can see whether flow moves vertically or laterally during and after precipitation events.<\/p>\n<p>Soil moisture measurements can also help us answer the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does infiltrating water move deeply and recharge the groundwater table or move laterally?<\/li>\n<li>How rapidly does water move down into the soil during infiltration?<\/li>\n<li>Is the distribution of soil moisture related to topography?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a soil moisture threshold that triggers stream response?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At Glacier and Wind, there are three sites, which represent the\u00a0<a title=\"Hillslope Instrumentation\" href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=20\">shoulder, backslope and footslope positions<\/a>\u00a0of the hillslope. The sensors are aligned at each of these positions, hoping to observe lateral water flow over a given period of time. By vertically aligning the sensors at 15cm, 35cm, and 75cm from the surface, possible vertical flow may be observed. For a diagram of the sites or pictures of the moisture sensors\u00a0<a title=\"Hillslope Instrumentation\" href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=20\">click here<\/a>. Information about the installation techniques can be accessed below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Installation-Information.pdf\">Soil Moisture Sensor Installation Information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moisture sensors measure the volumetric water content (volume of water per volume of soil) within the soil and can help determine flow paths that water takes during a storm. By understanding the fluctuations of soil moisture we can see whether flow moves vertically or laterally during and after precipitation events. Soil moisture measurements can also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/?page_id=98\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Soil Moisture Sensors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7rmFU-1A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watershed-research.wcu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}