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Summary

The Russian soil moisture data set consists of measurements of plant
available soil moisture using gravimetric techniques from 50 stations.
The entire data set covers the years 1952-1985, but the spatial extent
of these data is very poor until about 1975 (see RUSWET data
documentation). The data comprises two files: soil moisture
measurements taken three ... times a month and a seasonal cycle file
consisting of mean monthly values.

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

ftp://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pub/soil_moisture/RUSWET-GRASS-50STA

or ftp climate.envsci.rutgers.edu
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cd pub/soil_moisture/RUSWET-GRASS-50STA/

Related URL

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

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 58.0

S: 26.0

E: 100.0

W: 45.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: K. Vinnikov, A. Robock, I.B. Yeserkepova Dataset Title: 50 Station Data Set of Russian Plant Available Soil Moisture Dataset Series Name: 50 Station Data Set of Russian 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/valdai.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1952-01-01 Stop Date: 1985-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > RUSSIA

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 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

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

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-02-15

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