Surface and Deep Core Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Content- GLBRC Scale-up sites

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Surface soil carbon and nitrogen data from soil samples taken at each station on the GLBRC Scale-up fields.

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

Experiment:	GLBRC Scale-up Experiment
Data available from:	January 2009 to January 2015
Dataset:	GLBRC088
Datatable ID:	GLBRC088-007.127
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Personnel:	Phil Robertson, lead investigator
Last Updated	2021-10-04

Variate	Description	Units
year	growing season year
campaign	distinct activity
sample date	date the sample was collected
treatment name	treatment description
treatment	experimental treatment
replicate	replicate nested in treatment
station	sampling location
top depth	nominal upper depth of the soil core	centimeter
bottom depth	nominal lower depth of the soil sample	centimeter
nitrogen	percent nitrogen content in soil	%
carbon	percent carbon content in soil	%

Protocols
Soil Total Carbon and Nitrogen
Costech Elemental Combustion System CHNS-O (ECS 4010)
Baseline Soil Sampling and Analysis- GLBRC BCSE, Scale-Up, & Marginal Sites

GLBRC data is not yet publicly available.

Data Excerpt

year	campaign	sample_date	treatment_name	treatment	replicate	station	top_depth	bottom_depth	nitrogen	carbon
2014	deep core sampling	2014-12-03	CRP-Reference	M4	R1	S6	0.0	10.0	0.2479	2.8233
2014	deep core sampling	2014-12-04	CRP-Switchgrass	M3	R1	S5	50.0	84.0	0.0162	0.131
2014	deep core sampling	2014-12-04	CRP-Switchgrass	M3	R1	S6	0.0	10.0	0.1732	1.8433
2014	deep core sampling	2014-12-04	CRP-Switchgrass	M3	R1	S6	50.0	92.0	0.0171	0.1196
2014	deep core sampling	2014-12-04	CRP-Switchgrass	M3	R1	S7	0.0	10.0	0.1469	1.5784