Weerintelligentie voor bosbeheer en natuur

Zie droogte- en brandrisico voordat het bosbeheer achterloopt

Bossen reageren op weersomstandigheden over langere tijdspannes dan landbouwgewassen. Droogte, windschade en brandrisico opbouwen geleidelijk — maar moeten vroeg worden gedetecteerd. LoEco levert continue microklimaatonitoring diep in het ecosysteem.

Talk to us about your forest See the challenges â

01 Drought Risk 02 Fire Risk 03 Sensor Network

Challenge 01 Â· Drought Risk

Droogte begint aan de wortel

Bodemvochtgebreken in bossen zijn weken voor zichtbaar stresssignalen al meetbaar. Vroege detectie maakt gerichte interventie mogelijk — of tijdige afschaling van houtoogstactiviteiten om verdere stressaccumulatie te voorkomen.

LoEco installeert bodemvochtsensoren op meerdere diepten onder het bosbestand, gecombineerd met neerslagmeting en ET-berekening om de waterbalans van het bos continu bij te houden.

Deze metingen, gecombineerd met lokale luchttemperatuur, vochtigheid en ET, voeden een continu bodemdroogtemodel dat drempel-gebaseerde meldingen genereert.

Strooisellaag

Oppervlaktevocht

Wortelzone

30 cm capacitief

Diepe reserve

100 cm capacitief

ET-berekening

Penman-Monteith

// Forest soil moisture profile â beech parcel NW Â· live

Leaf litter

18%

Dry â

30 cm root

31%

Stressed

100 cm deep

47%

Adequate

// 30-day soil moisture trend â 30 cm root zone

30 days ago15 days agoToday

// Drought index â forest water stress

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Extreme

ModerateâHigh

Root zone approaching stress threshold Â· 14-day forecast dry

Challenge 02 Â· Fire Risk

Brandrisico is meer dan temperatuur alleen

Bosbranden vereisen brandstof, warmte en wind — maar de toestand van de brandstof hangt af van weken van vochtigheidsgeschiedenis, niet alleen van de temperatuur van vandaag. Regionale weerberichten zijn te grof om lokale risicovariabiliteit te vangen.

LoEco berekent continue brandgevaarindicatoren — inclusief Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC), Drought Code en Fire Weather Index — rechtstreeks vanuit on-site meteorologische data. Drempelwaarschuwingen stellen beheerders in staat om beperkingen in te voeren voordat het risico kritiek wordt.

LoEco levert een real-time brandrisico-dashboard dat elke 10 minuten wordt bijgewerkt, met historische trending en drempelwaarschuwingen.

Index

Canadese FWI

Brandstofvocht

Van Wagner FFMC

Trigger

Configureerbare melding

Ontvangers

Boswachters · brandweer

// Fire weather index â Veluwe forest station Â· live

FWI

Air temperature29.2 Â°C

Relative humidity28 %

Wind speed5.4 m/s

Litter moisture12 %

Days since rain11 days

Fine Fuel MC

FFMC 88

Duff MC

DMC 34

Build-up

BUI 42

High fire risk â FWI 24, FFMC 88. Warden alert dispatched. Public access advisory active.

Instrument system

A layered sensor network tuned for forest conditions

Each measurement layer captures a different part of the drought and fire system â from the forest floor to the air above the canopy.

Leaf litter surface sensor

Measures the gravimetric or dielectric moisture content of the decomposing organic layer at the forest floor â the primary fine fuel for ground fire ignition. The fastest-responding moisture indicator in the system, it reacts within hours to rainfall or drying wind.

Surface Â· fine fuel

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30 cm root-zone probe

Capacitance soil moisture sensor at 30 cm depth â the critical zone for tree root water uptake in most Northern European forest soils. Declining moisture at this depth directly signals tree drought stress before above-ground symptoms appear.

Root zone Â· stress

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100 cm deep reserve probe

Deep capacitance probe tracking subsoil water reserves. Sandy and loamy forest soils lose deep water slowly â the 100 cm reading indicates whether drought is seasonal or whether the forest is entering a prolonged multi-week deficit with limited recovery potential.

Deep reserve Â· persistence

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Forest weather station

Air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, solar radiation, and precipitation measured at a representative location within or at the edge of the forest parcel. Provides the meteorological inputs for ET calculation, fire weather indices, and drought modelling.

Full met Â· canopy height

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LoRaWAN connectivity

All sensors transmit via LoRaWAN â long-range, low-power radio requiring no mains power and no SIM card. Battery-operated nodes run for multiple years without servicing, making deep-forest deployment practical and cost-effective even in remote parcels.

No mains Â· no SIM

LoEco dashboard & alerts

All data feeds into the LoEco platform â visualised as time series, moisture profiles, and fire risk dashboards. Configurable thresholds trigger automated alerts to forest managers, wardens, and fire services when conditions approach critical levels.

Dashboard Â· alerts

Our approach

From forest floor sensor to risk decision

A four-step pipeline from instrument deployment to early warning.

Network design & siting

We select sensor locations to represent your forest parcels â accounting for soil type, tree species, aspect, and proximity to access routes or high-risk areas such as recreation trails and road edges.

Battery-powered deployment

All sensors install without mains power or network cabling. LoRaWAN nodes operate for years on primary batteries â practical for remote locations deep within forest blocks where power infrastructure is absent.

Indices computed continuously

Drought indices, Fine Fuel Moisture Content, and Canadian Fire Weather Index components are recalculated every 10 minutes from the measured inputs â giving a continuously updated risk picture, not a once-daily morning estimate.

Alerts, dashboard & reporting

Automated threshold alerts reach wardens and fire services before conditions become critical. Historical data supports post-event analysis, insurance documentation, and multi-year climate trend assessment for forest management planning.