The University of Arizona

Field Equipment

A wide variety of field equipment is available to support research in SNRE. We are also fortunate to have the Butler Building, an off-campus building which serves as a shop and fabrication facility, for sample/equipment storage, and a pre- and post-field campaign staging area.

Specialized field equipment includes:

  • A variety of GPS (global positioning system) units.
  • Electrofishing Boat, Electrofishing raft (for rapids and shallow waters), canoe, 2 backpack electrofishing units (Smith Root), Gill nets, fyke nets, seine nets, assorted traps, Quanta hydrolab for water quality measurements, Zeiss dissecting microscopes, computerized water temperature control system with 36 aquaria, 36 approx 200 gal circulars for larger experiments.
  • Open Path Eddy Covariance System including Kipp & Zonen CNR1 Four Component Radiometer, Kipp & Zonen PAR Lite, Apogee IR Radiometer, 42 Campbell Scientific Water Content Reflectometers.
  • PMS Instruments Pressure Chamber for measuring Plant Moisture Stress (-10MPa Capacity)
  • A HemiView System includes a digital hemispherical image acquisition system and imageprocessing software for estimating canopy structure (e.g., Leaf Area Index, gap fraction and distribution of openings) and associated solar radiation metrics (intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation [PAR]; near-ground radiation levels beneath the canopy). A single photo obtained under correct conditions enables assessments for clear-sky conditions for any period of the year.
  • Am Eddy Covariance System measures CO2, water vapor, and heat fluxes using the eddy covariance technique, and includes a CSAT3 Sonic Anemometer, a CR3000 Measurement and Control System, CS7500 Open Path Infrared Gas Analyzer, Kipp&Zonen NR-Lite, Hukseflux heat plate, CS 616 water content measurement and TCAV thermocouple and other sensors.
  • Wind-Erosion Supporting Meteorological Station includes complete meteorological sensors with extended capacities, including monitoring soil temperature at multiple depths and wind velocity and direction at multiple heights.
  • Eroding Mass Flux Field Sensor, commonly referred to as simply the "Sensit", is the first saltation sensor commercially produced to automatically record the particles and the energy related to saltation of particles mobilized by wind.
  • BSNE Dust Sampler Array The BSNE (Big Spring Number Eight) dust sampler array consists of multiple wedge-shaped samplers that passively self-orient into prevailing wind direction to to measure dust flux and sediment transport associated with wind erosion.
  • Kipp & Zonen CNR 2 Net Radiometer This portable net radiometer includes two shortwave and two longwave sensors, which are combined to provide separate outputs for net shortwave and net longwave radiation to quantify the radiation environment such as beneath and between tree and shrub canopies.
  • Portable HydroSense System with CS620 Water Content Probes for Soil Water ContentThe Hydrosense system combines a compact, handheld display and a soil water sensing probe in a portable package to provide quick and reliable soil water content measurements. Each measurement takes less than one second and is obtained by inserting the probe rods into the soil and pressing a single button on the display unit. A choice of 12- or 20-cm long probe rods makes HydroSense a versatile tool for monitoring and managing soil water in a wide range of conditions.
  • Double-Ring Soil Infiltrometer is used to measure the rate of water infiltration into soil or other porous media.
  • I-button Data Logging Temperature Array The I-button data logging temperature array is composed of Thermochron ultra-portable temperature data loggers that record time and temperature, are highly portable, and are re-programmable.
  • 20 Garmin GPS Map60 receivers for a training program, 20 Compaq iPAQ handheld computers, 20 copies of Handheld GIS software
  • Mobile GIS/RS lab - 10 lapto
  • Field Data Acquisition Equipment
  • Vegetation/soil sampling equipment and field support supplies 
  • Leaf area index and FPAR meter (LAI2000, FPAR sensors)
  • Hyperspectral radiometer - "ASD" (Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc.)
  • Multispectral radiometers
  • Trimble Professional GPS
  • Garmin-based real-time differential correction GPS (Prairie Geomatics Ltd.)
Facility & Technology Information
Acronym: 
Field
Infrastructure Type: 
Research Infrastructure
Contact Information
Contact Person: 
Lisa Graumlich
Contact Phone Number: 
520-621-7255
Contact Address: 
SNRE
325 Biosciences East
Tucson, AZ 85721 US