In situ soil moisture datasets are important inputs used to calibrate and validate watershed, regional, or statewide modeled and satellite-based soil moisture estimates. The soil moisture dataset presented in this report includes hourly time series of the following: soil temperature, volumetric water content, water potential, and total soil water content. Data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey at five locations in California: three sites in the central Sierra Nevada and two sites in the northern Coast Ranges. This report provides a description of each of the study areas, procedures and equipment used, processing steps, and time series data from each site in the form of comma-separated values (.csv) tables.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Title | Soil moisture datasets at five sites in the central Sierra Nevada and northern Coast Ranges, California |
| DOI | 10.3133/ds1083 |
| Authors | Michelle A. Stern, Frank A. Anderson, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Series Title | Data Series |
| Series Number | 1083 |
| Index ID | ds1083 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | California Water Science Center |