GIDS-1 Soil Moisture Dataset 
     
     
     1.0  General Description
     
          This is the only soil moisture data provided as part of the GEWEX
     Continental-scale International Project (GCIP) Initial Dataset One (GIDS-
     1). This dataset contains only Illinois soil moisture data (approximately
     37 to 43 latitude and 88 to 91 longitude), which is data collected from
     approximately twenty-two sites in the state of Illinois. The data covers
     the GIDS-1 time period (01 February 1992 through 30 April 1992) and is
     provided in the same format in which it was obtained. No additional
     quality control (QC) was performed on this dataset by the UCAR/Office
     of Field Project Support (UCAR/OFPS).
     
     2.0  Detailed Data Description
     
          The Illinois soil moisture data is provided in the format that it was
     received. Each record contains data collected for a single station. The 
     data are comma delimited, and the records are variable length. The table
     below details the order and description of each data parameter in a
     record. All soil data are millimeters of water in each soil layer.
     
     
     Parameters                         Units 
     
     Site number from station list      Unitless
     Year of Observation                Local
     Month of Observation               Local
     Day of Observation                 Local
     10-30 cm depth                     Millimeters
     30-50 cm depth                     Millimeters
     50-70 cm depth                     Millimeters
     70-90 cm depth                     Millimeters
     90-110 cm depth                    Millimeters
     110-130 cm depth                   Millimeters
     130-150 cm depth                   Millimeters
     150-170 cm depth                   Millimeters
     170-190 cm depth                   Millimeters
     190-200 cm depth                   Millimeters
     0-10 cm depth                      Millimeters
     
     
     
     2.1  Data Remarks
     
          This dataset contains only the Illinois soil moisture data. 
     
     2.2  Sample Data
     
          The following is a sample record of the soil moisture dataset.
     Unlike in this example, there are no carriage returns in the data.
     See section 2.0 for a detailed description of the data format.
     
     1,92,2,4,71.67813520853,73.81581765276,85.40430668253,83.04160543
     64,77.75365373423,79.32878816682,82.81658583899,79.32878816682,7
     3.02825043646,33.08258234723,40.94265384615
     
     3.0  Quality Control Processing
     
          No additional QC was performed on this dataset by UCAR/Office
     of Field Project Support (UCAR/OFPS).
     
     4.0  References
     
          For additional station information, refer to the station list
     provided as a seperate dataset in CODIAC.