Environmental Sensors - MnROAD

Environmental Sensors (Static)

The matrix below contains the different sensor type descriptions, installation methods, and some of the data collected. Due to the complexity and amount of the data please use the Data Request Form for custom data requests. Most of these documents are PDFs.

Environmental sensor data information
Measurement Type	Sensor Documentation	Access the Data If not listed, please request	Sensors installed in
Pavement Temperature	Thermocouple (TC) Documentation (pdf)	TC Temperature	All Layers
Environmental Strain	Vibrating Wire (VW, XT, RW, XV, VG, RG) Documentation (pdf)	Frequency (VW) Temperature (XT) Resistance (RW) Temperature (XV)	PCC
Pressure	Static Pressure Cell (PL, PT) Documentation (pdf)	Vertical Pressure (PT) Lateral Pressure (PL)	Base and Subgrade
Pressure	Static Pore Water Pressure SW (XT) Documentation (pdf)	Pore Water Pressure (XT)
Moisture Moisture Sensor Documentation (pdf)	Decagon (EC, EW, ET) Documentation (pdf)	Water Content (EW) Temperature (ET) Electrical Conductivity (EC)
	Campbell Scientific (RE) Documentation (pdf)	Moisture Data (RE) Temperature
	Watermark (WM, HD) Documentation (pdf)	Resistance (WM) Heat Dissipation (HD)
	Time Domain Reflectivity (TD) Documentation (pdf)	Moisture (TD)
Ground Water	Ground Water Monitoring (OS) Documentation (pdf)	Water Depth (OS)	NA
PCC Curing	Humidity Gauge (MH, XH) Documentation (pdf)	Humidity (MH) Temperature (XH)	Concrete
PCC Joint Opening	Joint Opening (JO) Documentation (pdf)	Millivolts (JO)	Concrete
PCC Joint Opening	Displacement Measurements (HC) Documentation (pdf)	Millivolts (HC)	Concrete
Frost Depth	Resistivity Probe (RP) Locations (xls)	Resistance (RP)	Base and Subgrade