METER TEROS 54 - Introduction

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TEROS 54
1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for choosing the TEROS 54 Soil Water Content Profile probe from METER Group.
The TEROS 54 probe is designed to be installed in mineral soils, a variety of growing media,
and other porous materials. This manual describes how to use the probe and guides the
customer through the probe features.
The TEROS 54 probe is an accurate tool for monitoring volumetric water content (VWC)
using capacitance and frequency-domain technology. The sensors use a 70 MHz frequency
to minimizes textural and salinity effects that makes the TEROS 54 accurate in most
mineral soils.
The TEROS 54 uses four precision-integrated temperature sensors to measure temperature
in soil and soilless substrates.
Verify all TEROS 54 components are included and appear in good condition:
1. TEROS 54 probe
2. Protective cap
METER recommends testing sensors with the data aquisition device and software before
going to the field.