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Guides to choosing instruments and preparing data collection, based on applications in the catalogue.
Follow via RSSThree articles on what makes a number measured at one point trustworthy, three European signals from the week with their sources, and what is due in the coming days.
A study published in May 2026 calibrated low-cost capacitive sensors in the laboratory and then moved them to real plots. The laboratory curve drifted in the field, and a single reference measurement on site recovered much of the accuracy.
On 15 September 2026 the European Union launched Copernicus Sentinel-3C. What it observes from 800 km, why land surface temperature is not air temperature, and what to log at your own point.
The shield around the sensor can contribute more error than the sensor itself. What two peer-reviewed studies say about natural ventilation and forced aspiration, and what to document so the series is usable.
Copernicus issued its August assessment statement on 10 September 2026: a record summer in western Europe, with anomalies referenced to 1991 to 2020. What those figures say, and do not say, about a series of your own.
On 10 September, Copernicus published its August 2026 bulletins: exceptionally dry surface soils and river flows well below average across much of Europe. What those maps support deciding, and what they do not.
Location, sampling interval and data access: three decisions to prepare a temperature measurement campaign.
