nMETOS FROST

The Latest Ag-Smart Solution That Helps Fight Frost Damage In Your Field

The nMETOS FROST is part of the latest generation
of low-power network devices. It gives farmers remote access
to the conditions in the field in close-to-real-time, 24/7.

Spring frost can be a devastating experience for any farmer – not only can it damage the plants and/or crops in the field, it can completely destroy them.

This way, a great deal of hard work, time and effort the farmer puts into planting and nurturing the fields are lost; in the worst case scenarios, it can mean an extreme financial loss as well.

Climate change is primarily responsible for spring frost damage, which coincides with flowering and causes huge production losses every year.

To avoid losing an entire agricultural year, Pessl Instruments developed nMETOS FROST solution which allows you to better forecast and manage these events.

About nMETOS FROST

nMETOS FROST is a simple product made for one specific use case:
detecting dry and wet bulb temperature and informing clients about the risks in real time based on the integrated logic inside the product.

New FROST PREDICTIVE TOOL

Having accurate weather forecasts in frost season becomes essential.

We’ve introduced a new graph that includes real-time measured data from your station’s wet bulb temperature sensors coupled with an accurate prediction of temperature trends over the next 48 hours.

This allows you to know your current orchard and/or field conditions,
a site-specific forecast for the key frost conditions and to track the historical trends.

Key benefits

The frost module provides the measurements of wet bulb temperature, relative humidity, dew point, VPD and delta T every 5 minutes,
When a frost event is close to happening an alert is sent by text,
sound and email,
Know the exact moment in which crops are at risk,
Determine if your frost mitigation tools are having the desired effect
or need to be adjusted for efficiency.

Technical specifications

FEATURE	VALUE
Housing	UV resistant polycarbonate plastic (Protection class IP65)
Dimensions	30x26x8 cm
Weight	0,6 kg
Connectivity	NB-IoT NB1 / Cat-M1 / GPRS*
Power supply	2x standard D-type batteries
Sensors
Wet bulb temperature Dry bulb temperature	Temperature sensor: DS18B20 Operating temperature range: -55 °C to +125 °C Thermometer error: -10 °C to +85 °C: ±0.3 °C Drift: ±0.2 °C

Work modes

measurement interval (in minutes)	logging interval (in minutes)	transmission interval (in minutes)	wet bulb temperature value
5	10	60	> = 8° C
1	5	15	= 4° C < 8° C
1	1	5	-6° C
1	5	15	-8° C
5	10	60	< = -8° C

Measurement, logging and transmission interval are fixed. They cannot be changed by the user from the FieldClimate Cloud platform.

Additional recommendations and notes

we recommend to use extra 3 month weather forecast subscription
battery is easily exchangeable (2x D type batteries), the product comes without the batteries
the 2x D batteries provide power for 100 days of usage