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Russian Agricultural Climatic Soil Moisture Data in the Global Soil Moisture Data Bank

Entry ID: GLOBAL_SM_DATABANK_RUSAGROCLIM

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Summary

Abstract: This data set consists of multi-year averages of plant available water
content in agricultural fields of the former Soviet Union from 144
administrtative districts. Soil moisture observations were for the
period 1946-1980 in the western part and 1927-1982 for the eastern part.

Data are freely available from the Global Soil Moisture Data Bank at
in ASCII and GrADS format:

ftp://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pub/soil_moisture/RUSWET-AGROCLIM

or ftp climate.envsci.rutgers.edu
login as: anonymous
Password: your email address
cd pub/soil_moisture/RUSWET-AGROCLIM/

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Home Page of the Global Soil Moisture Data Bank.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 68.0

S: 37.0

E: 137.0

W: 21.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: K. Vinnikov, A. Robock

Dataset Title: RUSWET-AGROCLIM, Multiyear Average Plant Available Soil Moisture

Dataset Series Name: RUSWET-AGROCLIM, Multiyear Average Plant Available Soil Moisture

Dataset Release Date: 1999

Dataset Release Place: NJ

Dataset Publisher: Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

Online Resource: http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/soil_moisture/ruswet.agroclim.rea...

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
GLOBAL_SOIL_MOISTURE

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1927-01-01

Stop Date: 1982-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > RUSSIA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EURASIA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Ancillary Keywords

GLOBAL SOIL MOISTURE DATA BANK

PLANT AVAILABLE SOIL MOISTURE

RUSSIA

RUSWET

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

RU/GSMDB

Data Center

Global Soil Moisture Data Bank, Department of Environmental Science, Cook College, Rutgers University

Data Center URL: http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/soil_moisture/index.html
Dataset ID: Global_Soil_Moisture_Data_Bank

Data Center Personnel
Name: ALAN ROBOCK Phone: 732-932-9800 x6222 Fax: 732-932-8644 Email: robock at envsci.rutgers.edu Contact Address: Department of Environmental Sciences Rutgers University 14 College Farm Road City: New Brunswick Province or State: New Jersey Postal Code: 08901-8551 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Distribution Format: ASCII, GrADS

Fees: Free

Personnel

ALAN ROBOCK

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 732-932-9800 x6222

Fax: 732-932-8644

Email: robock at envsci.rutgers.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Environmental Sciences

Rutgers University

14 College Farm Road

City: New Brunswick

Province or State: New Jersey

Postal Code: 08901-8551

Country: USA

KONSTANTIN YA. VINNIKOV

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (301) 405-5382

Fax: (301) 314-9482

Email: kostya at atmos.umd.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Meteorology

University of Maryland

City: College Park

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20742

Country: USA

Publications/References

Robock, A., K. Y. Vinnikov, C. A. Schlosser, N. A. Speranskaya, and
Y. Xue, 1995: Use of midlatitude soil moisture and meteorological
observations to validate soil moisture simulations with biosphere and
bucket models. J. Climate, 8, 15-35.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-02-15

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