Concepts

Plain-language explanations of the terms you see in CropWatch.

The long-range, low-power radio network that carries your sensor readings.

How temperature and humidity combine into one number that tells you how hard the air pulls water from your plants.

PPFD is the usable plant light right now and DLI is the total for the day. Watts and joules measure light energy instead.

VWC is how much of the soil's volume is water. Degree of saturation is how full the spaces in the soil are.

RSSI is how loud a sensor's radio signal is when it reaches the gateway. SNR is how loud it is compared with the background noise.