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 1-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 13 May to 25 June 2002 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
4 minute
5 ID
6 probe number
7 CS615 period, 7.5 cm depth (msec)
8 CS615 soil water content, 7.5 cm depth (%)
9 soil water content, 22.5 cm depth (fraction)
10 soil water content, 37.5 cm depth (fraction)
11 soil water content, 60 cm depth (fraction)
12 soil water content, 90 cm depth (fraction)
13 soil water content, 120 cm depth (fraction)
long records (ID=2):
column variable
1 year
2 jday (1-366)
3 hour
4 minute
5 ID
6-11 soil temperature (degrees C), probe 5, at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm
12-17 soil temperature (degrees C), probe 6, at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm
18-23 soil temperature (degrees C), probe 9, at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm
24-29 soil temperature (degrees C), probe 10, at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm
30-35 soil temperature (degrees C), probe 13, at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm
36-41 soil temperature (degrees C), probe 14, at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm
42-47 soil temperature (degrees C), probe 1, at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm
48-53 soil temperature (degrees C), probe 2, at, sequentially, 7.5, 22.5, 37.5, 60, 90, and 120 cm
Probe locations are:
1 14.9 m west of center of array
2 42.8 m west of center of array
3 71.43 m west of center of array
4 100 m west of center of array
5 14.9 m north of center of array
6 42.8 m north of center of array
7 71.43 m north of center of array
8 100 m north of center of array
9 14.9 m east of center of array
10 42.8 m east of center of array
11 71.43 m east of center of array
12 100 m east of center of array
13 14.9 m south of center of array
14 42.8 m south of center of array
15 71.43 m south of center of array
All times are UTC.
4.2 File Naming conventions
wh020612.vwc
where:
wh is the station ID (here Whitewater)
02 is the year (2002)
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