USDA Data Collection and Analysis Grant

The Roper Solar Greenhouse
215 Maywood Street, Blacksburg, Virginia (37° 16'3.42"N 80° 24'46.24"W)
Located in the Hale-YMCA Community Gardens (Map)

Roper Solar Greenhouse Features

Instrumentation

• Weather station connected to the Internet
  
  • Documentation:
    • Wireless Vantage Vue
    • WeatherLinkIP
• Scale for measuring vegetable output of RSGH
• Sensors and Internet connection when possible
  • Air and soil temperature sensors
  • Humidity sensors
  • Solar radiation sensors
  • Pressure sensors
  • Soil moisture sensors
• Data loggers
• Laptop computer for data acquisition and analysis

L. David Roper, http://www.roperld.com/personal/roperldavid.htm