Minimizing Problems with Wasps on Weather Stations
Weather stations can suffer damage or the data can be altered due to pests. Pest issues include anything from Elk rubbing the velvet off their antlers against a station, cattle bumping and damaging a station while grazing, vandalism, bird droppings o…
Better Know a Distributor - Decagon Devices
The ‘Better Know a Distributor’ series highlights other companies that distribute and resell Apogee products.
Apogee Instruments has a long history of working closely with our partner company Decagon Devices in Pullman, Washington. We’ve work…
Apogee Oxygen Sensors
Figure 1: Diffusion Head in use
We sell two types of oxygen sensors: soil and fast response. The soil sensor is designed for direct burial and includes a diffusion head, which has a screen that allows the sensor to…
Weather Mapping
Last Wednesday the USDA released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map. There were several significant changes in this update from the previous map that was released in 1990. The change that has garnered the most media attention is a general shift in many…
How to take IRR Temperature Measurements without a Datalogger
Customers occasionally ask us if it is possible to use our infrared radiometer (IRR) sensors without a programmable datalogger. This is difficult, but not impossible. This blog describes the requirements.
For starters, a voltmeter with mic…