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Guides to choosing instruments and preparing data collection, based on applications in the catalogue.
Follow via RSSThe week's four pieces (water level, frost, the warmest September and dendrometers), three European signals with their sources (ECMWF's open 9 km data, AEMET's analysis of the Catalonia rainfall and drought according to the JRC) and what is coming: the end of summer time on the 25th and the MARS Bulletin on the 26th.
A study in a Swiss apple orchard compared dendrometer-driven irrigation with irrigation driven by soil moisture sensors over two seasons: the dendrometer treatment used 38% less water in 2022 and more than 45% less in 2023, with no significant difference in yield. What it allows us to conclude, what it does not, and what it changes in deciding what to measure.
AEMET reported on 16 October 2026 that September was the warmest in mainland Spain since 1961; according to the accompanying advance summary, average maxima were 4.6 °C above normal and average minima 2.1 °C above. What to check in your own series before comparing it with official figures that are still provisional.
The temperature that decides frost damage is that of the plant tissue, and it is hard to measure. Five decisions for measuring the air as close to it as possible: height, shield, points in the plot, the variable for your protection method, and threshold with alarm.
AEMET has a special warning in force for very heavy, persistent showers on the Spanish Mediterranean coast and the Balearic Islands until Monday, with a risk of flash floods, and expects little rain in the north-west. Four official signals and what to measure for each, with water level at the centre.
The week's two pieces, linked by relative humidity (from the dew point to leaf wetness), three European signals with their sources, and what is coming: the European climate resilience framework expected on 20 October and the end of summer time on the 25th.
Hours of leaf wetness feed many disease warnings, yet there is no standard way to measure them. Where to put the sensor, at what angle and orientation, whether to paint it and how to set the threshold with your own observations.
AEMET expects an anticyclonic week in Spain, with temperatures above the usual values and little rain, after a September that Copernicus ranks as the third warmest on record in Europe, with drier air than normal. Four official signals and what to measure for each, starting with relative humidity.
The week's four pieces, three of them on what the thermometer does not measure, three European signals with their sources, and what is coming: the Environment Council on 12 October, the September summaries still to be published and the end of summer time on 25 October.
