Equipment Title

Specifications

Description

Automatic Weather Station

• Automatic Weather Station – 2 Nos [Spectrum Technologies Inc., USA]

• Estimates Evapotranspiration (ETo)
• Wind Speed and Direction; Rainfall
• Dew Point
• Solar Radiation
• Air Temperature
• Relative Humidity on user defined time scale(with Data logger)

Double Ring Infiltro-meter

• Double Ring Infiltro-meter [Kaizen Imperial, Delhi]

• To determine the infiltration rate of water into the soil and generate infiltration rate curves

Permea-meter

• Permea-meter [Aimil Ltd., Delhi]

• To measure coefficient of permeability of saturated soils under constant and variable head conditions

Soil Tensio-meter

• Soil Tensio-meter � 2 Nos [Kaizen Imperial, Delhi]

• To measure suction (negative pressure) of soil in the un-saturated zone

Open Pan Evapori-meter

• Open Pan Evapori-meter [Kaizen Imperial, Delhi]

• To measure the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere (as per IS:5973 :1970)

Cup type Current-meter

• Cup type Current-meter [Kaizen Imperial, Delhi]

• To accurately measure stream flow velocities from 0.3 to 3.5 meters per second with cups (as per IS 3910 � 1966)

Rain gauge

• Rain gauge (Non-Automatic and Automatic) [Kaizen Imperial, Delhi]

• To measure rainfall depth / intensity (as per IS:5225/1535 :1969)

Handheld GPS 

• Handheld GPS [Garmin GPS India]

• To get the geo-graphic co-ordinates of point / line / polygon features

Handheld GPS � Data Controller

• Handheld GPS � Data Controller [XF-2, Hemisphere GPS Inc., Canada]

• To get the geo-graphic co-ordinates of point / line / polygon features

Rainfall Simulator and Irrigation System 

• Rainfall Simulator and Irrigation System [Edibon International, Spain]

• Generate/demonstrate rainfall hydrographs; formation of river features
• Effects of sediment transport
• Abstraction of ground water by wells
• Hydrological principles of ground water flow

Soil Moisture Suction Unit

• Soil Moisture Suction Unit [Edutech India Pvt. Ltd]

• Understand the principles of water retentivity in terms of soil suction
• Relationship between water retentivity and soil
• Derive soil moisture variety of soils

Sediment Core Sampler

• Sediment Core Sampler

• Take and analyze sediments at the bottom of canals, lakes, rivers, (bed and suspended)

Glass Sided Hydraulic Tilting Flume 

• Glass Sided Hydraulic Tilting Flume (10 m x 1 m x 1 m) [KSS Industries, Coimbatore]

• Study of Open Channel flows with variation in bed slope, specific energy, hydraulic jump; Analysis of profiles over weirs, spillways, notches, flumes