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Summary

This data set consists of soil moisture measurements from agricultural
fields in the former Soviet Union. Measurements of gravimetric soil
moisture are from about 600 agrimeteorological stations from 102
administrative districts throughout the grain belt of the former
Soviet Union (Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia, and Kazakhstan).

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-AGRO

or ftp climate.envsci.rutgers.edu
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Password: your email address
cd pub/soil_moisture/RUSWET-AGRO/

Related URL

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

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 68.0

S: 37.0

E: 137.0

W: 21.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: K. Vinnikov, A. Robock, V. Zabelin Dataset Title: RUSWET-AGRO, Plant Available Soil Moisture Gravimetric Observations and Maps Dataset Series Name: RUSWET-AGRO, Plant Available Soil Moisture Gravimetric Observations and Maps 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.agro.readme....

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1987-01-01 Stop Date: 1988-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > ESTONIA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EURASIA 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

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 VLADIMIR ZABELIN Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Russian Hydrometeorological Center Province or State: MOSCOW 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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