That is the purpose of a thermocouple psychrometer. Identify the characteristic 
you are really interested. If it has to do with soil water content of water 
potential go talk to a specialist. 

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On Jun 8, 2012, at 2:21 PM, malcolm McCallum <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> It seems to me that you could just take two ibutton temp sensors,
> place one in a wet sleeve and one dry.
> The difference in temp recording would be the relative humidity.
> 
> Malcolm
> 
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Emily Atkinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Has anyone used an iButton temperature/humidity logger specifically for
>> soils? I'm looking into installing some at my field sites. Any
>> recommendations/advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
>> 
>> --
>> Emily E. Atkinson
>> Department of Geography
>> University of Wisconsin-Madison
>> Email: [email protected]
>> Lab group: marinspiotta.com
> 
> 
> 
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