BOREAS Soil Hydraulic Properties from Flux Tower Sites

Soil hydraulic property measurements from the BOREAS HYD-01 project, collected during the 1994-95 field campaigns. The dataset includes saturated hydraulic conductivity and van Genuchten-Mualem fitting parameters for soil water retention and conductivity functions. Data were determined from in situ tension infiltrometer tests and laboratory analysis of soil cores at flux tower sites.

Use Cases

• Calibrating and validating soil hydraulic models for boreal forest regions using parameters like saturated hydraulic conductivity.
• Analyzing spatial variability of soil water retention characteristics at flux tower sites.
• Studying the relationship between soil texture and hydraulic properties in a key climate research area.

Strengths

• Data derived from direct in-situ measurements (tension infiltrometer tests) and controlled laboratory analysis of soil cores.
• Parameters are provided for the widely-used van Genuchten-Mualem soil hydraulic model.
• Dataset is associated with the major BOREAS project, a signal of scientific importance.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, file sizes, and complete column names are not provided by any source.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates exist between sources (1994-12-31 and 2026-03 13).
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' with no further details.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS HYD-01 team, organization listed as ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Analysis of in situ tension infiltrometer tests and laboratory-determined water retention from soil cores.

Time Range

1994-1995

Freshness

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Geography

BOREAS project flux tower sites (boreal forest ecosystem).