Flexible Solutions for Farm Fields: Handheld Agricultural Meteorological Stations

In agricultural production, meteorological conditions have a significant impact on the growth, development, yield, and quality of crops. Precise agricultural meteorological monitoring can provide a scientific basis for farming activities, help farmers seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and achieve efficient and stable development of agriculture. Traditional agricultural meteorological monitoring mainly relies on fixed Agricultural meteorological stations. Fixed wireless comprehensive agricultural meteorological monitoring stations are widely used and can monitor various meteorological elements such as ambient temperature, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction. With a rainproof design of IP65 protection level, it can work stably in harsh environments. The data can be transmitted through the network GPRS mode, and it also has functions such as solar power supply. However, fixed meteorological stations have some limitations. Their equipment is relatively bulky, the installation location is fixed, and the installation process is relatively complicated, which limits the monitoring range and makes it difficult to flexibly conduct comprehensive and timely monitoring of different areas.

Against this backdrop, handheld Agricultural meteorological stations have emerged as the times require, well meeting farmers' needs for convenient and flexible meteorological monitoring. Take the FT-QX16 handheld meteorological detector as an example. It is specifically designed for the local small-scale environment of farmland and grassland. This device can accurately monitor 16 environmental parameters closely related to the growth of vegetation and crops, including air temperature, humidity, light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration, dew point temperature, photosynthetically active radiation, soil temperature, soil moisture, soil salinity, soil pH, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, atmospheric pressure, total radiation, and leaf surface temperature, etc.

The measurement range of air temperature is -30～70℃, and the accuracy can reach ±0.2℃; the measurement range of air humidity is 0～100%, and the accuracy is ±3%.

The FT-QX16 adopts an integrated structure design, with a built-in GPS module and GPRS module, and an external SD card. It can not only accurately measure the geographical information of the measured location but also upload the measurement data with one click through the built-in GPRS, and can also export the data to a computer through the external SD card. This device is easy to operate, with a large-screen Chinese liquid crystal display. It can manually store records and can also set the sampling interval to automatically store data. It is small in size and beautiful in appearance, and is extremely convenient to carry in the field, providing strong support for agricultural scientific research, agricultural production, etc.