TITLE: Mesonet ABLE Whitewater, KS Soil Temperature and Moisture Data [DOE]
CONTACTS:
General ABLE Information:
Richard L. Coulter - ER 203
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
Voice: 630 252-5833
Fax: 630 252-5498
Email: rl_coulter@anl.gov
Sensor Information:
David Cook (drcook@anl.gov)
Dataflow Information:
Timothy Martin (tjmartin@anl.gov)
1.0 DATA SET OVERVIEW
This data set contains 30-minute resolution soil water content and soil
temperature at 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm depths from the Atmospheric
Boundary Layer Experiments (ABLE) operated by the Argonne National Laboratory in
the Walnut River Watershed in Butler County Kansas (east of Wichita). This
data set includes data from the Whitewater, Kansas site. Data cover the
period from 20 May to 25 June 2003 The data are in columnar ASCII format.
2.0 INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION
2.1 Instrumentation
Sensor Information:
David Cook (drcook@anl.gov)
2.2 Station Location
UTM km (Zone 14)
Site 99 deg Meridan DEG dddmmmsss ddmm.mm Alt (m)
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Whitewater, KS 4189.5 UTMN km 37.841 37 50' 26" 37 51.43' 416
659.6 UTME km 97.186 97 11' 10" 97 11.16'
Topo maps and aerial photos are available at:
gonzalo.er.anl.gov/ABLE/sitelatlon.html
3.0 DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING
Dataflow Information:
Timothy Martin (tjmartin@anl.gov)
UCAR/JOSS conducted no processing or quality control on these data.
4.0 DATA FORMAT AND FILE NAMING
4.1 Data Format
These data are in columnar ASCII format.
Format for Whitewater TDR
short records (ID=1):
column variable
1 year
2 jday (1-366)
3 hour (GMT)
4 minute
5 ID
6 probe number
7 soil water content, 1-16 cm depth (fraction)
8 soil water content, 16-31 cm depth (fraction)
9 soil water content, 31-61 cm depth (fraction)
10 soil water content, 61-91 cm depth (fraction)
11 soil water content, 91-121 cm depth (fraction)
TDR Probe locations are:
ID=1 14.9 m north of center of array
ID=2 14.9 m east of center of array
ID=3 14.9 m south of center of array
ID=4 14.9 m west of center of array
long records (ID=2), soil temperatures at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60,
90, and 120 cm depth:
column variable
1 year
2 jday (1-366)
3 hour (GMT)
4 minute
5 ID
6-11 soil temperature (degrees C) at 14.9 m north of center of array
12-17 soil temperature (degrees C) at 42.8 north of center of array
18-23 soil temperature (degrees C) at 14.9 m east of center of array
24-29 soil temperature (degrees C) at 42.8 m east of center of array
30-35 soil temperature (degrees C) at 14.9 m south of center of array
36-41 soil temperature (degrees C) at 42.8 m south of center of array
42-47 soil temperature (degrees C) at 14.9 m west of center of array
48-53 soil temperature (degrees C) at 42.8 m west of center of array
All times are UTC.
4.2 File Naming conventions
wh030612.vwc
where:
wh is the station ID (here Whitewater)
03 is the year (2003)
06 is the month (June)
12 is the day of month
5.0 DATA REMARKS
None.
6.0 REFERNCES
ABLE Home Page: gonzalo.er.anl.gov/ABLE/index.html