Evaluation of rain partitioning in two tree species with Arduino
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https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v15i85.1459Keywords:
Flujo caulinar, flujo de dosel, hidrología forestal, humedad del suelo, monitoreo ambiental, sensoresAbstract
This research focuses on the calibration of an electronic monitoring system to evaluate the distribution of precipitation in two tree species: stemflow, throughfall and soil moisture. This system, focused on the application of the Arduino platform that incorporates water collection equipment, tipping buckets and humidity sensors, offers an accurate and low-cost methodology for detailed analysis of rain partitioning. This type of analysis is a critical aspect to understand the impact of vegetation covers on hydrological cycles. The lack of accessible and efficient monitoring methods has hindered a better understanding of rainfall partitioning in forest ecosystems. Calibration of tipping buckets, used to determine rainfall partitioning, have shown exceptional performance under low rainfall conditions (R2=0.9556 to R2=0.9878), as have soil moisture sensors. The analysis of the data collected from the tipping buckets showed a high Coefficient of determination between stemflow and direct precipitation, throughfall and direct precipitation (R2>0.8345 and R2>0.7723, respectively). For the moisture sensors, R2>0.5377 was obtained in the data recorded in the field. The results obtained help a better analysis of the hydrological cycle between different tree species.
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