Field Evaluation of a New Sensor for Near-Surface Critical Zone Soil Moisture in Continuous Spatial Profile

Stephen Farrington1, Tana E Wood2, Molly A Cavaleri3, Sasha Reed4, Bruce A. Kimball5, Aura Mariela Alonso-Rodríguez6 and Emmanuelle S Farrington1, (1)Transcend Engineering, Bethel, VT, United States, (2)USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, United States, (3)Michigan Technological University, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Houghton, MI, United States, (4)Southwest Biological Science Center Moab, Moab, United States, (5)USDA ARS, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ, United States, (6)University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, United States