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Summary

The China Soil Moisture Data consists of 43 stations in China, for the
period 1981-1991 (Entin, et al. 1999). Soil moisture observations were
taken using a gravimetric technique for each 10 cm layer of soil down
to a depth of 1 m, with the first layer divided into two 5-cm
layers. Vegetation in this network was mostly ... agriculture or
grassland.

Data were originally recorded as percent wetness and then converted to
volumetric soil moisture using soil density information available for
each layer at each site. The wilting level of each layer was also
measured and converted to a volumetric measure. The Plant-Available
Soil Moisture (PASM) was determined for each layer by subtracting the
wilting level volumetric measure from the soil moisture observations.

The China soil moisture data is part of the Global Soil Moisture Data
Bank and is freely available via ftp from:

ftp://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pub/soil_moisture/CHINA/Data/

or ftp climate.envsci.rutgers.edu
login as: anonymous
Password: your email address
cd pub/soil_moisture/CHINA/Data/

Data is available in ASCII or GrADS format.

Related URL

Link: View Related Information Description: Home Page of the Global Soil Moisture Data Bank

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 50.0

S: 20.0

E: 135.0

W: 75.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: A. Robock, J. Eltin, K. Vinnikov, S. Liu Dataset Title: China Soil Moisture Data Dataset Series Name: China Soil Moisture Data Dataset Release Date: 1999 Dataset Release Place: NJ Dataset Publisher: Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Online Resource: http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/~robock/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1981-01-01 Stop Date: 1991-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ASIA > EASTERN ASIA > CHINA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT > PLANT AVAILABLE SOIL MOISTURE LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

ISO Topic Category

FARMING GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Ancillary Keywords

CHINA GLOBAL SOIL MOISTURE DATA BANK PASM PLANT AVAILABLE SOIL MOISTURE

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

JARED ENTIN Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 732-932-2736 Email: jentin 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 SUXIA LIU Role: INVESTIGATOR Email: liusx at sun.ihep.ac.cn Contact Address: Department of Hydrology Institute of Geography Chinese Academy of Sciences Province or State: BEJING Country: CHINA 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

Entin, J.K., A. Robock, S. Liu, K.Y. Vinnikov, and G. Peng., 1999:
Temporal and spatial variations in soil moisture in China, J.Climate,
in preparation.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-05-08

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