Dendrometer Model

Description

Currently available dendrometers are expensive, have mechanical hysteresis, and are subject to issues such as material expansion; weather and animal disruptions; and bulky, invasive design. The Dendrometer created at the OPEnS Lab - tailored for grapevines - alleviates these key failure points using zero-thermal expansion carbon fiber, spring tension, and a linear magnetic encoder. Mass deployment of these automated Dendrometers has the potential to provide a continuous picture of vineyard water stress at the wholeblock level, thus providing valuable decision support for vineyard management. For more information please go to this link: https://github.com/OPEnSLab-OSU/OPEnS-Lab-Home/wiki/Dendrometer