Hourly volumetric soil moisturements from the REX experiment — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
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We installed CS655 probes in the footprints of the REX experiment. All probes represent the 0 to 15 cm depth.
This datatable is part of the Rainout Experiment dataset.
Data from the Rainout Experiment (REX)
Note
| Experiment: | Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE) |
| Data available from: | July 2021 to September 2023 |
| Dataset: | KBS140 |
| Datatable ID: | KBS140-001.24 |
| Core Areas | Disturbance |
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| Last Updated | 2025-03-24 |
| Variate | Description | Units |
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| experiment | Experiment name | |
| plot | Plot name | |
| sample datetime | Time and dates of the measurements (UTC) | |
| vwc | Volumetric water content | m^3/m^3 |
| ec | Electrical Conductivity | dS/m |
| temperature | Soil temperature in the top 15 cm | C |
| permittivity | dielectric permittivity of the soil (in C2N-1m-2) divided by the dielectric permittivity of a vacuum (8.85E-12 C2N-1m-2). | |
| period | µS | |
| voltage ratio | Volt/Volt | |
| sample id | unique sample_id for the measurement. | |
| comment | note about the observation | |
| address | The sensor address (nternal use) |
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Data Excerpt
| experiment | plot | sample_datetime | vwc | ec | temperature | permittivity | period | voltage_ratio | sample_id | comment | address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mcse-rex | T7_R4_OR_C | 2025-04-01 14:00:00 +0000 | 0.018 | 0.001 | 0.616 | 2.562 | 1.816 | 1.003 | 4769344 | e | |
| mcse-rex | T7_R4_OR_W | 2025-04-01 14:00:00 +0000 | 0.002 | 0.0 | 0.973 | 1.907 | 1.689 | 1.001 | 4769344 | f | |
| mcse-rex | T7_R3_IR_C | 2025-04-01 14:00:00 +0000 | 0.077 | 0.009 | 0.651 | 4.868 | 2.141 | 1.027 | 4769303 | 3 | |
| mcse-rex | T7_R3_VR_F | 2025-04-01 14:00:00 +0000 | 0.013 | 0.0 | 0.842 | 2.351 | 1.792 | 1.0 | 4769303 | a | |
| mcse-rex | T7_R5_IR_C | 2025-04-01 14:00:00 +0000 | 0.009 | 0.0 | 6.499 | 2.214 | 1.766 | 1.0 | 4769323 | a |