Registration and workshop fee:
With registration the fee is 225 € for full registration and 150 € for students (75 € / 50 € for one day).
The workshop fee includes lunches, coffee and cake and the participation of the Bavarian evening.

Program

Wednesday, March 18^th
09:00 – 10:00 REGISTRATION
10:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Sascha Reth, UGT, Germany
10:15 Lysimeter and Ecotrons – Overview and case studies
Sascha Reth, UGT, Germany
11:00 coffee break
11:30 Lysimeters – Lower Boundary and soil monolith excavation
Stefan Engelhardt, UGT, Germany
12:15 Special applications at lysimeter research
Christian Heerdt, UGT, Germany
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Dual-point-dendrometer – tracking growth, water status, and osmotic processes in trees
Roman Zweifel, Zweifel Consulting, Switzerland
14:45 DEMONSTRATION OF UNDISTURBED EXCAVATION OF MONOLITHS
and READY-TO-GO INSTALLATION
16:30 JOINT TOUR: THE NEW ECOLAB and MODERN LAB LYSIMETER
17:30 Group discussion
20:00 Bavarian Evening
 
Thursday, March 19^th
09:00 Influences of green roofs – a comparison to conventional roofs
Johannes Haus, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany
9:30 Flux estimates at the dry side of the water cycle – observations from lysimeter
stations in a Mediterranean ecosystem
Sinikka Paulus, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany
10:00 Improving bioenergy yield under drought stress from field to lab
Esther Singer, EcoPOD Science Program Lead in Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Berkeley, USA
10:30 coffee break
11:00 Ecological studies toward future sustainable agroecosystems
George Kowalchuk, Utrecht University, Netherlands
11:30 Lysimeter study on transport and degradation behavior of polyfluoroalkyl substances
Ann-Sophie Heldele, Bavarian Environment Agency, Germany
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Soil processes affected by irrigation with either treated or untreated wastewater irrigation: a lysimeter experiment in Mexico
Christina Siebe, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
13:30 The right lysimeter for the special need
Sascha Reth, UGT, Germany
14:00 Concept of a Combined Hydrological and Tree Physiological Monitoring at Core Level II Plots
in Bavaria
Stephan Raspe, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, Germany
14:30 coffee break
15:00 Applications in monitoring plant water status using sap flow and water potential
Ben Umali, ICT International, Australia
15:45 Soil hydraulic limitations to transpiration
Andrea Carminati, Mutez Ahmed, Gaochao Cai, University of Bayreuth, Germany
16:30 Installation of sapflow and psychrometer sensors
 
Friday, March 20^th
9:00 IoT systems for Soil, Plant and Environmental Monitoring
Sam Fisher, ICT International, Australia
9:45 Configuring IoT Nodes and Networks
William Bruce, ICT International, Australia
10:30 coffee break
11:00 Cooling urban heat islands – measurements on the thermal regulation effects of urban green infrastructure
Laura Stratopoulos, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, UGT, Germany
11:30 Analyzing ecosystem functional responses by combining eddy covariance, lysimeters, sap flow and field spectroscopy: the MANIP experiment
Mirco Migliavacca, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany
12:00 Practical session: building up an IoT network
download the poster: Lysimeter-SapFlow_WS 18-20March2020_program
UGT & ICT International have been working closely together for many years to
bring best monitoring technologies to scientists and managers of agriculture and
the natural environment. This to enable a better understanding of water and
water fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. These topics grows in importance
as the with population pressure and climate change understanding and
management of water becomes ever more critical.
Lysimeters are a proven tool for ecosystem studies. They are the reference system
for matter and energy fluxes in rather undisturbed systems. Big enough to provide
a root space for representative plant stands, they measure precise and detailed
enough to describe fluxes at high resolution. Pesticide leaching, and greenhouse
gas emissions can be quantified for the well defined lysimeter volume.
IoT Monitoring Solutions for the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
ICT International manufactures instrumentation which is key to measuring the
soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, enabling in-situ real time measurement of sap
flow (SFM1) and plant water potential (PSY1) in absolute terms. ICT International
products are specifically designed to be deployed in rugged field environments,
use low-power, have wireless and internet connection. These instruments have
been installed around the world – from the Amazon rainforests to the Canadian
Permafrost.
In 2019 ICT International released a suite of integrated IoT enabled sensing solutions
designed specifically to measure the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. IoT
monitoring systems offer new opportunities for monitoring and management in
many diverse applications such as ecophysiology research, commercial orchard
production and lysimeters.
This workshop will provide an overview of these new technologies and training
in their use. Also future monitoring and management opportunities from IoT
technologies.

UGT & ICT International have been working closely together for many years to bring best monitoring technologies to scientists and managers of agriculture and the natural environment. This to enable a better understanding of water and water fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. These topics grows in importance as the with population pressure and climate change understanding and management of water becomes ever more critical.

Lysimeters are a proven tool for ecosystem studies. They are the reference system for matter and energy fluxes in rather undisturbed systems. Big enough to provide a root space for representative plant stands, they measure precise and detailed enough to describe fluxes at high resolution. Pesticide leaching, and greenhouse gas emissions can be quantified for the well defined lysimeter volume.

IoT Monitoring Solutions for the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum.
ICT International manufactures instrumentation which is key to measuring the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, enabling in-situ real time measurement of sap flow (SFM1) and plant water potential (PSY1) in absolute terms.

ICT International products are  specifically designed to be deployed in rugged field environments, use low-power, have wireless and internet connection. These instruments have been installed around the world – from the Amazon rainforests to the Canadian Permafrost.

In 2019 ICT International released a suite of integrated IoT enabled sensing solutions
designed specifically to measure the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. IoT monitoring systems offer new opportunities for monitoring and management in many diverse applications such as ecophysiology research, commercial orchard production and lysimeters.
This workshop will provide an overview of these new technologies and training in their use. Also future monitoring and management opportunities from IoT technologies.

download poster:Announcement_ International Lysimeter – Sap Flow – IoT Workshop in Munich_Freising, 18th – 20thMarch 2020
Registration and workshop fee:
With registration the fee is 225 € for full registration and 150 € for students.
The workshop fee includes lunches, coffee and cake and the participation of the Bavarian evening.
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VIETWATER 2019 was for UGT a very good opportunity to assess the Vietnamese market and to get to know the players in this field.  The event presented latest technologies on the one hand by domestic and also by foreign international exhibitors. So, we got a good picture concerning the development of water sector and related environmental monitoring sector in Vietnam. VIETWATER HO CHI MINH 2019 – was the Leading International event in this field in Vietnam.
 

There are big challenges to be resolved caused by growing industrialization and high growth of population in big cities. So, the Vietnamese government launched a big investment program and counts on cooperation of Vietnamese partners with foreign partners.
Over 400 exhibitors on 10,000sqm exhibition space together with 15 international group pavilions were present at the Vietwater.
Beside the German Pavilion there were country pavilions from Australia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, German, Korea, Poland, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
UGT made use of the good business environment given by the booth organized under the brand „Made in Germany“supported by German Ministry BMWE.

With an active invitation policy and marketing efforts UGT organized in advance during the preparation of the exhibition already the success at the booth.
Already on the arrival day UGT had a first meeting at the office of the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. The Delegate and head of the Chamber, Mr. Walde gave valuable information on market conditions and customer contacts.

 
An impressive opening ceremony was the kickoff of the exhibition.

 
 
Altogether more than 50 valuable contacts at the booth
As worldwide there are hardly very special commercial exhibitions for Monitoring equipment in soil science, for UGT at this exhibition it was valuable that Vietwater 2019 was held in conjunction with Waste & Environment Technology Vietnam 2019 (WETV). A target of Vietnam is: „moving towards greening journey in Vietnam “, that gives impetus on the further cooperation between UGT, German universities, medium sized companies and Vietnamese universities. So UGT was especially glad on the visit of Prof. Bui Xuan Nam, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Long and PhD Nguyen Anh Tuan from the Hanoi university of Mining and Geology to discuss a joint project concerning a joint German Vietnamese project concerning environmentally aware and sustainable mining of copper resources in Vietnam The leading University partner in Germany is TUBA Freiberg. UGT is proud to be a partner in this project.

Commercially activity and science cooperation
Very promising talks had UGT with the scientific team around Prof. Junghoon Lee from South Korea from the school of Mechanical & Aerospace Eng. about joint activities and developments.

Many contacts with trading companies in Vietnam help UGT to define the adequate partner for the future work.

Already on Saturday the 9th of November UGT discussed a new tender concerning our RTG lysimeters in Vietnam.
We say goodbye and say thank you to our very good hosts thank for the cooperation with our wonderful assistants at the booth from the university of Ho Chi Minh city Ms.  Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh.

We are impressed by the lively and busting city and wish to the thousands of Vietnamese people on their bikes in the city always safe and good journey!
 

UGT looks forward to the further work with Vietnam.
 
 
 

What is the function of a weighable lysimeter?

Lysimeters determine the water balance under natural or controlled conditions. So they are an important tool for water-balance studies in agriculture, forestry and other environmental settings. One can quantify the actual evaporation from a bare soil or actual evapotranspiration from a soil covered by vegetation. They monitor the movement, the storage and the degradation of contaminants in the soil, the soil water and soil gas. By the help of lysimeters it is possible to monitor the correlation between the soil, environmental influences and plant parameters such as root growth or harvest.

In the last 20 years it was UGT who set new mile stones with the new container stations of PE material, Patent-Nr.: 19907463.1-52. These stations were a big step forward in technology. We developed a scientific tool that is  advantageous because the PE is  more dense than concrete on the one hand, the stations  are removable, easier to install than concrete, one needs no building allowance and they are sustainable because one can do different experiments at different places and always use the same container station.

More than 300 big projects have been realized in the last 20 years.

Highlights in the UGT project line were for instance the biggest European lysimeter facility at the Zurich-Reckenholz location with altogether 72 monolithically excavated lysimeters. This station was built in order to do research concerning nitrate leaching to groundwater.

In France, in Homécourt there is a very fruitful cooperation with UGT with 24 weighable lysimeters being used in research at the GISFI. GISFI is a leading player in the field of phytoremediation. The cooperation has been continued over the last years with new lysimeters and new installation in the field of modern new sensors and the implementation of new add ons.

In 2014 in the margin of the world soil science congress in South Korea Jeju it was UGT who could hand over the biggest Asian lysimeter station in Jeonju Korea with altogether 92 lysimeters. There the scientists are predominantly in the research of rice plants.

It was in 2018 when UGT installed in the margin of the International project CLIENT II, within a   BMBF Joint Project with partners like Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover – LUH,

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg- MLU, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer GmbH & Co. KG – Amazone and partners from Kazachstan that the first weighable lysimeter was installed there in order to do research in the field of land management and water flux processes. Also the first year-round-operation is planned by using a special snow-cutter.

The university of Mexiko bought in 2019 3 twofold lysimeter stations and UGT combined the installation with a workshop and introduced the various working scenarios.

China is a very good international market for us, and we are proud to have installed with our partners different projects among them the lysimeter station in Shixia. Just now in October we will install 3x 2-fold lysimeter stations in Nanjing.

Many exciting projects have been done in Germany in our home market – please see our references at our website.

New developments of UGT are the RTG lysimeter to be combined if the customer wants it with a Eco-lab of UGT

With the exciting scientific Ecounit where we had the chance to work with the scientists of IDIV we had for the first time the chance to combine our knowledge in the field of lysimeters with new scientific apparatus in the atmosphere and create a new equipment that enables research concerning climate change in the field of fauna and flora that means  plants as well as for instance insects.

 

It is the scientists of our partners and customers in the universities in Germany and abroad as well as the experienced staff of UGT in project planning, service, production, installation and sales and marketing that enable these wonderful projects. We are proud to announce that we can now count among our team members our new colleague Mr. Stefan Engelhardt who joined the team in September 2019 as senior consultant – lysimeter and ecotrons.

Stefan Engelhardt studied geography, chemistry and soil science at the University of Göttingen. He started his career in an office for landscape architecture. After that he worked for the University of Bayreuth. His field of working were studies of ecosystem functions and climate change effects. For that purpose he set up a network of monitoring stations in Europe and South America. Before he came to UGT he was working already for 10 years as an international expert for lysimeter systems and monitoring solutions all over the world. Based on this broad background of his large experience and outstanding expertise Stefan Engelhardt can provide best consultancy and support for science, research and applied studies. Stefan has gained a lot of experience and was part of the TERENO team and participated with his work within   TERENO lysimeter-network in Germany which observes and investigates in the field of soil processes and plant diversity. We look forward to the joint work and welcome Stefan very warm in our team.

UGT is finalist of the most coveted economic award in Germany

“Sustainable management” – was the motto of this year’s competition * German SMEs are a guarantor of stability and trust * The companies awarded the “Grand Prix of Medium-Sized Enterprises” perform outstandingly for society. A total of 5,399 small and medium-sized companies as well as banks and municipalities were nominated for the competition in 2019. No other economic competition in Germany achieves such a large and now already a quarter of a century lasting resonance as the one offered by the Oskar Patzelt Foundation since 1994. The award as “finalist” goes to the UGT GmbH.

For 25 years, UGT GmbH has been developing and exporting innovative and tailor-made environmental measuring instruments to more than 54 countries as a medium-sized company. UGT has currently applied for 17 patents and utility models for special measuring and diagnostic technology. UGT is the global market leader in the development and manufacture of weighable lysimeters.

The award as “finalist” goes to the UGT GmbH

On 31 August 2019, a delegation of UGT GmbH from the departments of management, research and development, production, sales and marketing waited eagerly for the decision of the board members of the Oskar Patzelt Foundation. With more than 400 entrepreneurs and numerous invited guests we experienced the gala of the Oskar Patzelt Foundation as part of the 25th competition for the “Grand Prix of Medium-Sized Enterprises 2019” in Dresden’s Hotel Maritim. This year, 11 companies from the 4 competition regions (Brandenburg-Berlin, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) were awarded with the prize. We could celebrate the award as a “finalist” and had an unforgettable evening in Dresden.

A great thank you to the nominators

In order to be able to take part in the award, an application is not possible, you have to nominated by a third party. This year, UGT GmbH was nominated by Berliner Sparkasse, Landesbank Berlin AG, IHK Ostbrandenburg, Pro Tempre GmbH and the Berlin and Brandenburg Service Agency of the Oskar Patzelt Foundation. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks.

UGT GmbH fulfils the numerous competition criteria

The UGT GmbH was evaluated not only according to purely economic criteria, but also in its entirety and in its role in society. The five competition criteria: overall development of the company, creation/securing of jobs and trainee positions, modernisation and innovation, commitment to the region, service and customer proximity, marketing and its approx. 50 sub-criteria also cover concepts such as corporate social responsibility and sustainability.

We are very pleased to have been awarded this prize. We see it as a thank-you to all our colleagues who contribute through their daily work to UGT proving to be a trustworthy, respected partner for our customers and partners, a real finalist again and again”.

Take the opportunity and check the outstanding measurement tools at the booth of UGT/Picarro at the annual meeting of the German Soil science Society. Meet our team in entrance hall of the University Bern.

All visitors of our booth get special discount on our:

Ready-To-Go lysimeters

Our series of Ready-To-Go lysimeter which consists of highly sophisticated smaller and medium sized lysimeter stations for soil columns are offered with a diameter of 300, 500 or 800 mm and we provide lengths of 300, 600 or 900 mm. Like our big UGT container stations with 1m² or 2m² also the smaller RTGs are weighable and collect the seepage water to allow direct evapotranspiration measurements. The RTGs are suitable for both disturbed (filled by hand) and undisturbed soil monoliths.

Full Range Tensiometer 2.0

Measurements up to the permanent wilting point pF 4.2

With the Full Range Tensiometer 2.0, UGT GmbH offers a further development of the maintenance-free, innovative polymer-filled tensiometer with integrated temperature measurement. The new polymer composition enables an even shorter reaction time. A pressure range of 1000 kPa is reached in a few minutes.

ku-pF 4.2

The new ku-pF 4.2 SP determines the soil water retention curve (pF-curve) and the hydraulic conductivity curve of soil samples according to the evaporation method. It measures the soil water tension up to the permanent wilting point (pF=4.2) by combining the precision of waterand
polymer-filled tensiometers with the latest RFID technology, which allows non-contact and continuous measurements in soil cores up to a volume of 3 liter in a single place measuring station.
The complete ranges of the pF and hydraulic conductivity curves provide information on how much soil water is actually available for plants and trees, especially among modified climate conditions. All measured values are continuously logged by the device and can be read out with an external computer.

UMP-2 BT+ combined soil moisture, temperature and electrical conductivity probe

wireless and robust

The UMP-2 BT+ sensor is the wireless version of the UMP-2 sensor. The sensor has an internal logger for data collection and storage and thus enables independent operation without disturbing cables or external loggers. Data gaps due to defective cables e.g. caused by animals belong to the past. Site disturbance in particular preferential flow paths are reduced to a minimum. Logged and live data is transmitted via Bluetooth LE (low energy). The UMP-2 BT+ can be completely buried for a vertical or horizontal installation.

Picarro analyzers

Analyzers

Product	Model	Measurements
G2103 Gas Concentration Analyzer The Picarro G2103 gas concentration analyzer provides precise, real-time measurement of ammonia (NH3) and water (H2O) vapor. It incorporates coated components in the critical gas pathway.	G2103	Ammonia (NH3)
G2106 Gas Concentation Analyzer Detect and measure ethylene in fruit and flower ripening, natural gas production, or use ethylene production as a proxy for N2 fixation.	G2106	Ethylene (C2H4)
G2121-i Isotope and Gas Concentration Analyzer The Picarro G2121-i isotope and gas concentration analyzer measures δ13C in high carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration (2000 – 4000 ppm) and CO2 gas concentration when it is coupled to a sample preparation peripheral such as a Bulk Combustion Module (A0201).	G2121-i	δ13CCarbon Dioxide (CO2)Isotopic Carbon Dioxide (iCO2)
G2131-i Isotope and Gas Concentration Analyzer The Picarro G2131-i isotope and gas concentration analyer precisely, simultaneously, and continuously measures δ13C in carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 and CH4 gas concentration for a range of applications from atmospheric and ocean science research to food and beverage origin and authenticity.	G2131-i	δ13CCarbon Dioxide (CO2)Isotopic Carbon Dioxide (iCO2)
G2201-i Isotopic Analyzer The Picarro G2201-i isotope analyzer precisely and continuously measures δ13C in carbon dioxide (CO2) and in methane (CH4) to help understand the biological and geological mechanisms that produce and consume CO2.	G2201-i	δ13CCarbon Dioxide (CO2)Methane (CH4)Isotopic Carbon Dioxide (iCO2)Isotopic Methane (iCH4)
G2308 Gas Concentration Analyzer The Picarro G2308 gas concentration analyzer provides simultaneous, precise measurement of nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), and water (H2O) vapor at parts-per-billion (ppb) sensitivity with negligible drift for agriculture soil science, ecology, and emissions quantification.	G2308	Nitrous Oxide (N2O)Methane (CH4)Water (H2O)
G2311-f EC Flux Gas Concentration Analyzer The Picarro G2301-f flux gas concentration analyzer provides simultaneous, precise measurement of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and water (H2O) vapor at 10 Hz for eddy covariance, gradient, and eddy accumulation methodologies.	G2311-f	Carbon Dioxide (CO2)Methane (CH4)
G2508 Gas Concentration Analyzer The Picarro G2508 gas concentration analyzer provides simultaneous, precise measurement of nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), ammonia (NH3), and water (H2O) vapor at parts-per-billion (ppb) sensitivity with negligible drift for agriculture soil science, ecology, and emissions quantification.	G2508	Carbon Dioxide (CO2)Methane (CH4)Nitrous Oxide (N2O)Water (H2O)Ammonia (NH3)
GasScouterTM G4301 Mobile Gas Concentration Analyzer The Picarro GasScouter™ G4301 is a new-generation, light-weight, portable, battery-powered gas concentration analyzer designed for science on the move.	G4301	Carbon Dioxide (CO2)Methane (CH4)
G5131-i Isotope and Gas Concentration Analyzer The Picarro G5131-i isotopic and gas concentration analyzer enables simultaneous measurements of site specific and bulk δ15N and δ18O in N2O. It is an ideal solution for discerning and measuring the source of N2O emissions real-time in the field or through grab-sample measurements in the lab.	G5131-i	δ15Nδ18ONitrous Oxide (N2O)Isotopic Nitrous Oxide (iN2O)

We are looking forward to meet you at our booth!