Reposted from the Apogee Instruments website:
Cornell University is using Apogee’s SQ-520 Full-Spectrum Quantum Sensor (USB) to research growing vegetables in greenhouses with electric lights. Jake Holley, Graduate Student in the School of Integrative Plant Science, provided a description of the project:
Cornell’s Controlled Environment Agriculture group conducts research on growing vegetables in greenhouses with the use of electric lighting. Measuring the total light in these experiments presents a challenge, as light spectra differ between electric lighting sources and natural sunlight. Apogee’s SQ-520 Full-Spectrum Smart Quantum Sensor (USB) provided a solution to measuring light for this experiment, as well as logging data.
For more information, contact Jacob Holley, Ph.D. Student: Jmh596@cornell.edu