Evaluation and modification of commercial infra-red transducers for leaf temperature measurement

Details Evaluation and modification of commercial infra-red transducers for leaf temperature measurement Evaluation and modification of commercial infra-red transducers for leaf temperature measurement

Nov 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998adspr..22.1425b&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 22, Issue 10, p. 1425-1434.

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Accurate measurement of the leaf to air temperature gradient is crucial for the determination of stomatal conductance and other plant responses in both single leaves and in plant canopies. This gradient is often less than 1 ° C, which means that leaf temperature must be known to within about +/-0.1 ° C. This is a challenging task, but new, miniature infra-red transducers from Exergen Corporation (Newton, MA) and Everest Interscience (Tucson, AZ) can be modified and calibrated to achieve this accuracy. The sensors must be modified to add thermal mass and the Exergen sensor requires a measurement of sensor body temperature. Significant error is caused by the discharge of a capacitor in the standard Exergen sensor, but we tested it without the capacitor. The sensors respond rapidly to changes in target temperature, but require 2 to 10 minutes to respond to changes in sensor body temperature, which is often the largest source of error. A new, sensitive method for measuring field of view indicates substantial peripheral vision for both sensors and a wider field of view than specified by the manufacturers. Here we describe sensor output as a function of target and sensor body temperatures, and provide a generic (sensor independent) equation that can be used to achieve +/-0.2 C accuracy with Exergen sensors. The equation was developed and verified using two black body calibrators.

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