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• DBH Tapes: Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) tape. Tape 2 is 10m, the rest are 8m.
• Core Sample Holder: Core sample holder that can be used with Increment Borers.
• Increment Borers: Increment borers for sampling softwood trees. Requires training.
• Quadrat Frames: PVC frames, various sizes.

• Sextant: U.S. Navy Bureau of Navigation Mark II Sextant
• Garmin GPS 76: Garmin handheld GPS.  3-5 m accuracy.
• Trimble Juno GPS: Trimble Juno SB Level 1 (code) GPS Receiver 3-5m accuracy with SBAS differential correction, uses Terrasync.
• Trimble ProXH GPS: Submeter GPS, separate GPS and Recon datalogger.

• Sling Psychrometer: Used to measure relative humidity.
• Skymaster: Similar to the Brunton Sherpa, this device can measure windspeed, temperature, relative humidity and barometric pressure. 
• Barometer: Handheld barometer with an analog face.
• Dwyer Wind Meter: Wind meter for collecting wind speeds from 2-66 mph.

Chisel

7.5 in chisel for collecting samples. 

Analog Soil Thermometer

Analog soil thermometer with readings in both F and C.

Eijkelkamp Gouge Auger

This auger comes with a dead-blow mallet and a bent spatula.  It can be used for hard soils.

Hanna Thermocouple w/ Probe

Hanna thermocouple with probe can measure temperatures from -50 to 250 C.  The probe is 10mm in width and 500mm in length and can tackle the toughest soil.   Thermocouple comes in a hard case. 

Hanna HI145 Digital Thermometer

The HI145 is a T-shaped digital thermometer with stainless steel penetration probe developed for HACCP programs. It offers an ergonomic design and delivers high accuracy measurements (0.1°C) over a wide temperature range (-50.0 to 220°C). 

HALO2 GroLine Wireless pH Tester

The HALO2 GroLine Wireless pH Tester is designed to bring simplicity to pH testing of soil for environmental and agricultural purposes.

• Open-source Bluetooth allows easy integration into current data logging systems
• IP65 water resistant protection
• Specialized electrode for spot checking the pH of soil and soil slurries

Vegetronix VG-Meter-200

This meter comes with the highly accurate VH400 soil moisture sensors with a 1.2 meter (4 ft) cable. The VH400 probe is slender so it will not disrupt the root system of your plants. It's also rugged, waterproof and will never corrode. Because it uses transmission line techniques to measure moisture, the VH400 probe is insensitive to soil salinity. Soil moisture results are displayed as a simple percentage (VWC) and ranges from 0 to 100%. 

The meter can display ambient temperature either in Celsius or Fahrenheit. The temperature is measured at the hand held unit. The VG-METER-200 displays light levels in Lux.

Munsell Soil Color Book

Included are a 10Y and 5GY soil chart for glauconite soils, a 5R soil chart for Australia and Southeast Asia, and a 7.5R soil chart for tropical and semi-tropical soils. A Munsell high value, low chroma “white” page shows half steps from 8.5 to 9.5 in value with chromas of 1 and 2 for N, 7.5YR, 10YR, and 2.5Y. Use this page to describe carbonate, silica, gypsum, and soluble salt precipitates and evaporites common to arid and semi-arid environments as well as very light-colored parent materials such as diatomaceous earth and volcanic ash.

• Swoffer Flow Meter: For use with Swoffer Rod for measuring depth and positioning propellor at optimal depth for velocity average with depth.
• Salinity Refractometer: Refractometer for salinity measurement.
• USGS Pygmy Current Meter: For use with USGS Flow Rod for measuring depth and positioning the meter at the right depth of flow.  Used with either headphones or digitizer.
• YSI Multiparameter: Our kit comes with a combination pH/ORP probe, DO membrane kit, conductivity/temperature probe, a 4 meter cable, and a PC interface cable.  There is also buffer solution available for calibration. 

• Laser Technologies Impulse 200 Laser Rangefinder: Laser Technologies Impulse 200 Laser Rangefinder, with compass module.  Best used on a range pole for steady readings.
• Opti-Logic Laser Rangefinder: Easy to use laser rangefinder, accurate to 1 m.  Reads distance & vertical angle, with built-in settings for horizontal and vertical distance, and tree height.
• Abney Level: Sokkia Abney Level with 5x Magnification.
• Brunton Survey Master Duo: Similar to the Suunto Tandem, the Brunton Master Duo combines a clinometer and a compass. 

• 60 m (200 ft) Non-Metallic Tape
• 100 m Metallic Tape
• 100 ft Non-Metallic Tape
• 100 ft Non-Metallic, Lufkin

4.5 inch Transit, David White: For the mechanically-minded, non-powered types:  not electronic -- no batteries -- completely opto-mechanical.  Takes patience and practice, but you can get accuracy to minutes of horizontal and vertical angle.

Auto Level: Telescopic (optical) level.  Use tape or stadia readings for distance. Used with stadia rod in meters or feet.

Leica Total Station (Builder 503): The Leica Builder 503 Total Station is a relatively easy-to-use instrument, but has exceptional accuracy: 3 seconds of angle horizontally and vertically.  See the SFSU Guide for a shortened version of the manual focused on our uses, which are going to be for capture of survey points, referred to as an "As-Built" survey (the instrument also does "Layout" for construction.) 

Laser Level: Used with laser sensor (in laser level box) mounted on suitable rod, such as the Direct Reading Laser Leveling Rod.

• DJI Spark: The 300-g DJI Spark can't be programmed to fly autonomously, but it has a decent camera that can be used to map using GCPs and manual flying even with no GPS.  The procedure uses Free-Flight mode in Pix4Dcapture, which triggers the camera at specified spacing.
• DJI Phantom 4 Advanced: The DJI Phantom 4 is a popular, easy-to-fly UAS that  integrates a decent camera (1" CMOS 20 Mpixel 100-12800 ISO, FOV 84° 8.8 mm (24 equiv) f/2.8-f/11, autofocus) on a gimbal.  One advantage over the Phantom 3 is locking propellers. 
• 3DR RTF X8 Octocopter: Payload capacity: 800 g. Research or educational use requires a FAA-certified remote pilot on the field team and project approval by the SFSU UAS Review Board.
• 3DR Solo (with RedEdge): Configured as a platform for the MicaSense RedEdge 5-band sensor, shown here with downwelling light sensor and GPS mounted above.

• 7x-45x Stereo Microscope: Binocular 7X-45X zoom stereo microscope on a single-arm boom stand, with 30mm widefield, 10X eyepieces, single-arm boom stand, 45 degree inclined binocular oculars, 6.5:1 magnifying zoom range and 4" (100mm) working distance.
• Abrams Stereoscope: To be used for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images.
• Mirror Stereoscope: Mirror stereoscope for measuring and mapping features on stereo pairs of aerial photography.
• Furnace: For Loss-On-Ignition studies of organic matter content of soil samples.  In this lab, use a relatively low-temperature (360 to 375°C).

• Field Plotter Kit: To be used with: Alidade, Plane Table, and Plane Table Tripod.
• Caving Helmets: Petzl caving helmets.  Some are available with a helmet lamp.
• Handheld Radios: Motorola handheld radios.
• Sound Meter: Used to measure noise pollution. 

• Autolevel Tripod: Convex top autolevel tripod, for quick setup of optical autolevels.
• K&E Yellow and Red Flat Top: Wooden tripod (a bit more stable but heavier than aluminum tripod).  Used with total station, digital level, laser level.
• Plane Table Tripod: To be used with the plane table. 
• Topcon Yellow Flat Top: Aluminum. Used with total station, digital level, laser level.  

• Homemade Range Poles: Available in feet (left) or meters (right). Used with hand levels.
• Laser Level Sensor: For use with Laser Level, and stored in its box.  Mounted with bracket (also in laser level box) on a suitable rod such as the direct-reading laser-level rod.
• Mr. Long Arm Painter Pole: Extends to 7 m, to be used for an elevated platform for photography.  Includes camera mount. Only appropriate for light-weight cameras at its full extent.
• Prism Rod (Seco): Extends to 4.65 m.  Marked in meters for water depth reading, Used with Prisms.

• Canon S95: The Canon S95 is a versatile but inexpensive camera with a global shutter, so it works well with on a UAV platform.  Run the CHDK intervalometer to take pictures at regular intervals.  We have three of these, one unaltered, the other two with the IR blocking filter removed, one with a filter mount, the other with an NGB filter installed internally.
• GoPro: GoPro Hero 3+ Silver Edition.
• MicaSense RedEdge Multispectral Camera: The MicaSense RedEdge 5-band sensor was designed primarily for precision agriculture applications, where farmers can look for moisture and other stress on their fields, but also works well for vegetation mapping.  It captures narrow bands of blue (centered on 475 nm), green (560 nm), red (668 nm), near infrared (NIR, 840 nm), and red edge (717 nm), allowing for accurate detection of vegetation health and discernment of species based on their spectral signatures.
• Bicycles: Available for checkout. See Map Librarian.