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Summary

The Iowa Soil Moisture Data Set consists of soil moisture observations
from two different catchments located in the southwestern part of
Iowa. Each catchment has three sites where soil moisture observations
were taken. Observations were made for 12 soil layres extending to a
depth of 2.6 m.

The Iowa soil moisture data is part of the Global Soil Moisture Data
Bank and is freely available via ftp in ascii or GrADS format from:

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

or ftp climate.envsci.rutgers.edu
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Password: your email address
cd pub/soil_moisture/IOWA/Data/

Related URL

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

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 41.0

S: 41.0

E: -95.0

W: -95.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: A. Robock, J. Eltin, K. Vinnikov, L. Kramer, M. Burkart Dataset Title: Iowa Soil Moisture Data Dataset Series Name: Iowa Soil Moisture Data 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/Iowa.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1972-01-01 Stop Date: 1994-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > IOWA

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 IOWA

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

MIKE BURKART Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: USDA Agricultural Research Service National Soil Tilth Laboratory 2150 Pammel Drive City: Ames Province or State: IA Postal Code: 50011-4420 Country: USA 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 LARRY KRAMER Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: (712) 487-3403 Email: kramer at nstl.gov Contact Address: USDA Agricultural Research Service National Soil Tilth Laboratory 2150 Pammel Drive City: Ames Province or State: IA Postal Code: 50011-4420 Country: USA 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., 1998: Temporal and spatial scales of soil moisture
variations. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Meteorology, University
of Maryland, College Park, 143 pp.

Entin, Jared, Alan Robock, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, Shuang Qiu,
Vladimir Zabelin, Suxia Liu, A. Namkhai, and Ts. Adyasuren, 1999a:
Evaluation of Global Soil Wetness Project soil moisture
simulations. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, in press.

Entin, Jared K., Alan Robock, Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, Steven
E. Hollinger, Suxia Liu, and A. Namkhai, 1999b: Temporal and spatial
scales of observed soil moisture variations in the
extratropics. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 1999-04-29

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