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Summary

This data set consists of soil moisture gravimetric measurements from
130 meteorological stations of the former Soviet Union for the period
1978-1985. The data covers the areas of Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia,
Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Kazakhstan.

Data are freely available from the Global Soil Moisture Data Bank at:

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

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 68.0

S: 37.0

E: 136.0

W: 25.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: K. Vinnikov, A. Robock, N.A. Sperantskaya, I.B. Yeserkepova Dataset Title: Plant Available Soil Moisture from 130 Russian Stations Dataset Series Name: Plant Available Soil Moisture from 130 Russian Stations 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/valdai.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1978-01-01 Stop Date: 1985-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > ESTONIA CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHCENTRAL ASIA > KAZAKHSTAN CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > LATVIA CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > LITHUANIA CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > MOLDOVA CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > RUSSIA CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > UKRAINE

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

ISO Topic Category

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 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 NINA A. SPERANSKAYA Role: INVESTIGATOR Email: ecoshelf at pop3.rcom.ru Contact Address: State Hydrological Institute 23 Line 2 City: St. Petersburg Postal Code: 199053 Country: RUSSIA 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 IRINA B. YESERKEPOVA Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: State Hydrological Institute City: ST PETERSBURG Country: RUSSIA

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.

Vinnikov, K. Y. and I. B. Yeserkepova, 1991. Soil moisture: empirical
data and model results. J. Climate, 4, 66-79.

Vinnikov, K. Y. , A. Robock, N. A. Speranskaya, and C. A. Schlosser,
1996: Scales of temporal and spatial variability of midlatitude soil
moisture. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 7163-7174.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-02-15

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