Archive for May, 2012

Thermal Imaging Experiment at the RAC

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DART (Detection of Archaeological Residues using remote sensing Techniques) with whom Van Walt is working on another project at Diddington with the supply and installation of TDR soil moisture profile probes, have proposed a thermal imaging experiment at the RAC (Royal Agricultural College) in Cirencester. This was originally instigated after viewing the diurnal temperature variationsread the rest…

Out & About

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Where, you may ask, have we been over the last few days? We have been a bit tardy with updates to the Blog but that’s because we’ve been out and about! Vincent and Yvonne spent most of last week in Holland at a Distributors Conference with our supplier Eijkelkamp.  More on the new developments inread the rest…

Distributors Conference

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Vincent and Yvonne are in Holland visiting Eijkelkamp to find out about new equipment in the pipeline, new marketing initiatives to support distributors and improved procedures to streamline the service to customers. Watch this space for a full report – coming soon

Summer at last… I think?

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Summer at last… I think? Yes, the May weather in Belfast is indeed changeable at this time of the year, with clothing stores presenting their “summer collection” while the rain beats down on people scrambling for shelter on the streets and pavements. I however, brave such elements in order to acquire my morning ‘eye-opener’ ofread the rest…

Alquila tus equipos medioambientales

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Nuestro servicio de alquiler para estudios medioambientales se ha expandido desde que comenzamos hace algunos años, y ahora tenemos más de 30 productos disponibles para alquiler, desde bombas medioambientales para muestreo y purgado hasta medidores de calidad del agua, registradores del nivel del agua, dispositivos de lectura, telemetría y PDIs, muestreadores de sedimentos y lodosread the rest…

Renting your environmental equipment makes sense

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For all our rental equipment we go to great lengths to ensure that it reaches you in perfect working order. We clean and service the equipment before it is dispatched. Repairs are done as and when required and all the equipment is tested before you receive it. Our processes are documented and available for inspectionread the rest…

Sampling in Kurdistan

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  They lied when they promised me soft sediments below the water table and temperatures in the low twenties. What I got was dessicated and compacted clays and was made to work in the midday sun and temperatures between 35-40 degrees without the protection of even the tiniest scrap of shade. The place was aread the rest…

Is your Water Level Logger fit for purpose?

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Each of the five different types of water level loggers available from Diver® is unique and designed for a specific function.  Diver is the only range of water level logging instruments to include fully ceramic units, the Cera and CTD Divers.  Being ceramic, these Divers are fully corrosive resistant, even in the harshest environments Yesread the rest…

Compatibility

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The definition of compatibility is: capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination with another or others. Interestingly my cat and dog, on a cold rainy Bank Holiday have learned compatibility, keeping warm together in the basket – cosier when there’s two! If only it was as easy with customers. We shouldread the rest…

When fracking is in the news – so is groundwater

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With the ‘dash for gas’ gathering pace and today the Environment Agency coming off the fence to support fracking, albeit with strict provisions: more research into the effects on groundwater and some form of carbon capture and storage to mitigate the impact on the environment of gas power, fracking looks set to take place inread the rest…