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    • Soil Moisture Profiles and Temperature Data from SoilSCAPE Sites, USA

    Metadata Updated: March 28, 2024

    This data set contains in-situ soil moisture profile and soil temperature data collected at 20-minute intervals at SoilSCAPE (Soil moisture Sensing Controller and oPtimal Estimator) project sites in four states (California, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Michigan) in the United States. SoilSCAPE used wireless sensor technology to acquire high temporal resolution soil moisture and temperature data at up to 12 sites over varying durations since August 2011. At its maximum, the network consisted of over 200 wireless sensor installations (nodes), with a range of 6 to 27 nodes per site. The soil moisture sensors (EC-5 and 5-TM from Decagon Devices) were installed at three to four depths, nominally at 5, 20, and 50 cm below the surface. Soil conditions (e.g., hard soil or rocks) may have limited sensor placement. Temperature sensors were installed at 5 cm depth at six of the sites. Data collection started in August 2011 and continues at eight sites through the present. The data enables estimation of local-scale soil moisture at high temporal resolution and validation of remote sensing estimates of soil moisture at regional (airborne, e.g. NASA's Airborne Microwave Observation of Subcanopy and Subsurface Mission - AirMOSS) and national (spaceborne, e.g. NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive - SMAP) scales.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date July 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2024

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2024
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2736724942-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2024-02-19
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-03-04
    Category EOS LAND VAL, AirMOSS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Moghaddam, M., A.R. Silva, D. Clewley, R. Akbar, S.A. Hussaini, J. Whitcomb, R. Devarakonda, R. Shrestha, R.B. Cook, G. Prakash, S.K. Santhana Vannan, and A.G. Boyer. 2017. Soil Moisture Profiles and Temperature Data from SoilSCAPE Sites, USA. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1339
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    Harvest Object Id 9b526e36-7fc9-4e9f-945d-39339ae73362
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1339
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -120.99 31.74 -83.66 42.3
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash fca589ee9ae97a5df333d3102ff5f1564755e392b781967f7cfc71e77f25a7e3
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2011-08-03T00:00:00Z/2019-12-14T23:59:59Z

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