Using advanced environmental sensors like tripping buckets, snow level sensors, solar radiation meters, and atmospheric monitors allows farmers to better understand and react to weather conditions helping protect crops, optimize fieldwork, and boost yields.
Accurate Rainfall Measurement
Tripping bucket sensors provide precise rainfall data, helping growers manage irrigation, monitor soil saturation, and avoid waterlogging or drought stress.
Snow Level Tracking
Snow level sensors monitor snow accumulation, offering essential data for water resource planning, frost risk assessment, and seasonal field management.
Solar Radiation Monitoring
Measuring sunlight exposure helps farmers track plant energy input for photosynthesis, optimize planting schedules, and understand crop growth rates across seasons.
Vapor Pressure Monitoring
Monitoring vapor pressure enables farmers to predict plant transpiration rates and manage irrigation more accurately, reducing crop stress and water waste.
Lightning Detection and Safety
Lightning strike count and average distance sensors provide critical early warnings for storm activity, protecting field workers, equipment, and sensitive crops.
Structural Tilt and Stability Awareness
Tilt sensors detect shifts or movements in poles, masts, and structures — helping maintain the reliability of mounted sensor stations in outdoor fields.
Wind Direction, Speed & Gust Monitoring
Wind sensors measure both regular airflow and sudden gusts, which are essential for pesticide application planning, crop damage prevention, and weather-based decision making.
Barometric Pressure Tracking
Monitoring pressure trends helps predict weather changes, allowing farmers to plan field activities and harvest timing around approaching weather systems.
Air Temperature & Relative Humidity Insight
Temperature and humidity sensors offer real-time environmental data, allowing farmers to manage disease risks, frost warnings, and ventilation strategies for outdoor and greenhouse crops.
Black Globe Radiant Temperature Operating principle: Thermistor inside black hollow sphere Measurement Range: From -5 to 95 °C Temperature survival Range: From -50 to 100 °C Emissivity (emittance) : 0.957 Accuracy: ±0.3 °C at T = -3 to 90 °C ±0.7 °C at T = -5 to 95 °C Length cable: 3m LoRaWAN® class A 2 C alkaline batteries
Solar Radiation Range: From 0 to 2'000 W/m² Absolute accuracy: ±5% for daily total radiation Spectral range: From 360 to 1'120 nm Length cable: 5m LoRaWAN® class A 2 C alkaline batteries
Mass Concentration PM1, PM2.5 Range: From 0 to 100 μg/m3 Accuracy: ±[5 μg/m3 + 5 %] Range: From 100 to 1000 μg/m3 Accuracy: ±10 % PM4, PM10 Range: From 0 to 100 μg/m3 Accuracy: ±25 μg/m3 Range: From 100 to 1000 μg/m3 Accuracy: ±25 % Temperature Range: From -40 to + 125 °C Accuracy: ±0.3 °C Relative Humidity Range: From 0 to 100% RH Accuracy: ±2% RH Barometric Pressure Range: From 300 to 1'100 hPa Accuracy: ±1 hPa absolute, ±0.12 hPa relative LoRaWAN® class A External power supply: 5.0 VDC regulated, 0.1 A max.
Temperature Range: From -40 to +125 °C Resolution: 0.01 °C Accuracy: ±0.1 °C from 20 to 60 °C, ±0.2 °C from -40 to 90 °C Relative Humidity Range: From 0 to 100% RH Resolution: 0.01% RH Accuracy: ±1.5% RH from 0 to 80% RH, ±2% RH from 80 to 100% RH Radiation Shield Basic radiation shield Passive ventilation Accuracy: not specified LoRaWAN® class A 2 C alkaline batteries
Horizontal Wind Speed Range: From 0 to 30 m/s Resolution: 0.01 m/s Accuracy: the greater of 0.3 m/s or 3% of measurement Wind Gust Range: From 0 to 30 m/s Resolution: 0.01 m/s Accuracy: the greater of 0.3 m/s or 3% of measurement Wind Direction Range: From 0 to 359° Resolution: 1° Accuracy: ±5° Tilt Range: From -90° to +90° Resolution: 0.1° Accuracy: ±1° Temperature Range: From -50 to +60 °C Resolution: 0.1 °C Accuracy: ±0.6 °C, not protected from solar radiation Length cable: 5m LoRaWAN® class A 2 C alkaline batteries
Solar Radiation Range: From 0 to 1'750 W/m² Resolution: 1 W/m² Accuracy: ±5% of measurement typical Precipitation Range: From 0 to 400 mm/h Resolution: 0.017 mm Accuracy: ±5% of measurement from 0 to 50 mm/h Vapor Pressure Range: From 0 to 47 kPa Resolution: 0.01 kPa Accuracy: ±0.2 kPa typical below 40 °C Relative Humidity Range: From 0 to 100% RH Resolution: 0.1% RH Accuracy: ±3% RH typical Air Temperature Range: From -50 to +60 °C Resolution: 0.1 °C Accuracy: ±0.6 °C Barometric Pressure Range: From 50 to 110 kPa Resolution: 0.01 kPa Accuracy: ±0.1 kPa from -10 to 50 °C, ±0.5 kPa from -40 to 60 °C Horizontal Wind Speed Range: From 0 to 30 m/s Resolution: 0.01 m/s Accuracy: the greater of 0.3 m/s or 3% of measurement Wind Gust Range: From 0 to 30 m/s Resolution: 0.01 m/s Accuracy: the greater of 0.3 m/s or 3% of measurement Wind Direction Range: From 0 to 359° Resolution: 1° Accuracy: ±5° Tilt Range: From -90° to +90° Resolution: 0.1° Accuracy: ±1° Lightning Strike Count Range: From 0 to 65'535 strikes Resolution: 1 strike Accuracy: variable with distance, >25% detection at <10km typical Lightning Avarage Distance Range: From 0 to 40 km Resolution: 3 km Accuracy: variable Length cable: 5m LoRaWAN® class A 2 C alkaline batteries
Distance sensor Range: From 0 to 40 m Resolution: 10 mm (single sample), 1 mm (average of N samples) Accuracy: < 2 m, ±50 mm, Nonlinearity is present below 1 m ≥ 2 m, ±1 % of distance or ±25 mm *Better accuracy is achieved by capturing N samples and evaluating statistical data, e.g. the average of N samples. LoRaWAN® class A 2 C alkaline batteries
Tripping Bucket Accuracy: 2% up to 25 mm/hr 3% up to 50 mm/hr Resolution: 0.1 mm per tip Catchment area: 200 cm2 Length cable: 1m (longer cable on request) LoRaWAN® class A 2 C alkaline batteries
Improved Irrigation Planning
Real-time rainfall and snow level data help avoid unnecessary irrigation, reduce water waste, and ensure crops receive the right amount of water based on natural precipitation.
Enhanced Crop Protection from Weather Risks
Lightning detection, wind speed, gust, and barometric pressure sensors offer early warnings for storms, frost, and extreme weather — giving growers time to take preventive measures.
Optimized Plant Growth Conditions
Solar radiation, vapor pressure, air temperature, and humidity monitoring allow growers to fine-tune planting schedules, irrigation, and fertilization, maximizing plant health and productivity.
Accurate Climate and Microclimate Insights
Continuous monitoring of weather metrics at field level helps farmers understand local variations in climate conditions, improving site-specific decision-making and long-term planning.
Reduced Crop Damage from Wind and Storms
Wind direction, gust, and speed monitoring support better timing of spraying, harvesting, and fieldwork, while helping safeguard young plants and structures from weather damage.
Safer Field Operations
Lightning distance, strike count, and tilt sensors help protect workers, equipment, and infrastructure by providing advanced alerts and stability monitoring during extreme weather.
Better Disease and Pest Risk Management
Humidity, leaf wetness, vapor pressure, and temperature data help predict conditions favorable for fungal and bacterial diseases, enabling proactive crop protection strategies.
More Sustainable and Cost-Effective Farming
Weather-informed decisions lead to smarter water use, reduced chemical applications, fewer crop losses, and lower operational risks — improving both environmental footprint and profitability.
Reliable weather and precipitation data are key to making informed decisions in modern agriculture. Using advanced sensor systems helps farmers protect crops, optimize resources, and improve operational efficiency.
