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How it works
Generic soil calibrations
Most soils and substrates can be characterised simply by
choosing one of the following generic soil types for
measurements of water content.
Soil type
𝒂
𝟎
𝒂
𝟏
Mineral
1.6
8.4
Organic
1.3
7.7
PeatMix
1.16
7.09
Coir
1.16
7.41
MinWool
1.04
7.58
Perlite
1.06
6.53
The mineral generic soil type is for soils which are predominantly
made of sand, silt and clay. The organic generic soil type is for
soils with a high organic matter content.
See also
on page 56
In DeltaLINK, the soil type for a WET150 logging program can
be selected from a drop-down in the properties panel on the
right of the program editor window, under the calculation section.
This auto-populates the
𝑎
0
and
𝑎
1
values for the water content
(theta) calculation.
General soil calibrations
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
Soil Moisture
(m
3
.m
-3
)
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Mineral
Organic