Case study

Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez — Bad Voids

PlannedField visit planned 15 Nov 2026Field visit is planned. No data has been collected yet.

Overview

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This Case Study will compare what satellites suggest about soil moisture with what we measure on the ground at Bad Voids, in the municipality of Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. It is a plan today: the visit has not happened, so there are no measurements, photos or findings to show.

Municipality: Jocotenango
Department: Sacatepéquez
Country: Guatemala
Site: Bad Voids
Planned visit: 15 November 2026
Measurements recorded: None yet

Location

Planned

General area of Jocotenango only. No plot is marked. Open in OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors

Municipality: Jocotenango
Department: Sacatepéquez
Country: Guatemala
Precision: municipality level

Parcel boundary

Pending

Only the municipality is known. The parcel boundary will be added after the visit.

Methodology

Planned

Zones: 5
Points per zone: 5
Sampling points: 25
Depths: Surface + 30 cm
Planned readings: 50

Design: 5 zones × 5 points = 25 points, each read at two depths. This is the plan, not a result.

1Divide the site into 5 zones.
2Choose 5 sampling points in each zone (25 points in total).
3At every point, record soil moisture at the surface and at 30 cm.
4Note the time, weather and anything unusual about the point.
5Compare ground readings with satellite context for the same dates.

Preparing your farm

Conceptual schematic of the two sampling depths. Not a real soil profile.

Measurements

Pending data

No measurements recorded yet

The visit is planned. When readings are taken, each of the 50 cells below will be filled in with the value, time and any notes.

Planned soil moisture measurements by zone and depth. All pending.
Zone	Points planned	Surface moisture	30 cm moisture
Zone 1	5	Pending	Pending
Zone 2	5	Pending	Pending
Zone 3	5	Pending	Pending
Zone 4	5	Pending	Pending
Zone 5	5	Pending	Pending

Satellite vs Ground

Pending data

Nothing to compare yet

The comparison needs two sets of numbers: ground readings from the visit and satellite values for the same dates. Neither exists yet, so no chart or figure is shown.

Gallery

Pending data

No photos yet

Photos from the field visit will appear here with a caption and the date they were taken.

Findings

Pending data

Findings are pending

We will not draw conclusions before there is data. Findings will be published here after the visit and the comparison with satellite context, including cases where they disagree.

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