Easy Pan

The UGA EASY Pan (Evaporation based Accumulator for Sprinkler enhanced Yield) is an affordable and easily operable system that yields representative results in the humid region of the southeast U.S.. No record keeping is necessary for this method, and the unit can be read from a distance quickly. The float-based mechanism is designed to represent both the effective root depth of a crop and the soil water holding capacity. The screen covering the pan limits evaporation in a similar level to the evapotranspiration rate of a crop. The EASY pan can be constructed using affordable and readily available products.

UGA Extension provides instructions on how to build an EASY pan and also how to calibrate it for certain crops and soil types.