Soil Moisture

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Soil moisture measurements from the GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment.

This datatable is part of the GLBRC soil properties dataset. Soil measurements from GLBRC experiments.

Experiment:	GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
Data available from:	June 2008 to December 2020
Dataset:	GLBRC088
Datatable ID:	GLBRC088-002.125
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Personnel:	Phil Robertson, lead investigator Randy Jackson, lead investigator Gary Oates, principal contact
Last Updated	2021-06-30

Variate	Description	Units
sample date	date the sample was collected
site	experiment location
treatment	experimental treatment
replicate	replicate nested within treatment
main or microplot	experiment where the crop was harvested from
depth	depth range of the sampled soil core	centimeter
moisture	gravimetric soil moisture	%
shelter treatment
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Protocols
Gravimetric Soil Moisture
Baseline Soil Sampling and Analysis- GLBRC BCSE, Scale-Up, & Marginal Sites

GLBRC data is not yet publicly available.

Data Excerpt

sample_date	site	treatment	replicate	main_or_microplot	depth	moisture
2008-06-30	KBS GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R1	main	0 to 25	10.8
2008-06-30	KBS GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R2	main	0 to 25	9.8
2008-06-30	KBS GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R3	main	0 to 25	10.0
2008-06-30	KBS GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R4	main	0 to 25	13.4
2008-06-30	KBS GLBRC Intensive Site	G1	R5	main	0 to 25	8.7