Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production

The objective of this study was to monitor air Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production. A custom-designed real-time Data Acquisition (DAQ) system with three independent microcontroller boards and sensors for monitoring aerial parameters was developed, calibr...

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Main Authors: Shamshiri, Ramin, Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maxwell Science Publication 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36963/
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description The objective of this study was to monitor air Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production. A custom-designed real-time Data Acquisition (DAQ) system with three independent microcontroller boards and sensors for monitoring aerial parameters was developed, calibrated and tested. Sample temperature and Relative Humidity (RH) data for VPD calculations were continuously collected every 60 sec, for 6 days, inside a 40 m2 shelter-house located at the Universiti Putra Malaysia agricultural experimental field. Preliminary results showed that VPD values varied from 0.16 to 2.51 kPa, with a mean of 0.83 kPa and standard deviation (Std) of 0.6 kPa. Different regression models were used to describe the nonlinear correlation that existed between temperature and VPD data. Results showed that squared polynomial model produced the maximum coefficient of determination (R2) equal to 0.976. This model was successfully used for VPD prediction based on temperature inputs. The hypotheses that collected data follow normal distribution and have different means in the 6 days of experiment were rejected at any significant level. The result of this study can be used in decision support systems’ database for controlling tropical lowland plant production environments.
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spelling upm-369632016-01-27T01:07:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36963/ Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production Shamshiri, Ramin Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak The objective of this study was to monitor air Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production. A custom-designed real-time Data Acquisition (DAQ) system with three independent microcontroller boards and sensors for monitoring aerial parameters was developed, calibrated and tested. Sample temperature and Relative Humidity (RH) data for VPD calculations were continuously collected every 60 sec, for 6 days, inside a 40 m2 shelter-house located at the Universiti Putra Malaysia agricultural experimental field. Preliminary results showed that VPD values varied from 0.16 to 2.51 kPa, with a mean of 0.83 kPa and standard deviation (Std) of 0.6 kPa. Different regression models were used to describe the nonlinear correlation that existed between temperature and VPD data. Results showed that squared polynomial model produced the maximum coefficient of determination (R2) equal to 0.976. This model was successfully used for VPD prediction based on temperature inputs. The hypotheses that collected data follow normal distribution and have different means in the 6 days of experiment were rejected at any significant level. The result of this study can be used in decision support systems’ database for controlling tropical lowland plant production environments. Maxwell Science Publication 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36963/1/Data%20acquisition%20for%20Monitoring%20Vapor%20Pressure%20deficit%20in%20a%20tropical%20lowland%20shelter.pdf Shamshiri, Ramin and Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak (2014) Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 7 (20). pp. 4175-4181. ISSN 2040-7459; ESSN: 2040-7467 http://maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=RJASET&no=433&abs=02
spellingShingle Shamshiri, Ramin
Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak
Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production
title Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production
title_full Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production
title_fullStr Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production
title_full_unstemmed Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production
title_short Data acquisition for Monitoring Vapor Pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production
title_sort data acquisition for monitoring vapor pressure deficit in a tropical lowland shelter-house plant production
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36963/1/Data%20acquisition%20for%20Monitoring%20Vapor%20Pressure%20deficit%20in%20a%20tropical%20lowland%20shelter.pdf