Observations of soil temperature used to evaluate the ERA5-Land reanalysis product. The dataset was contributed by Mingxing Li of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its specific temporal and spatial coverage is not detailed in the available metadata.
Use Cases
- Validate ERA5-Land soil temperature outputs based on the described observational data.
- Analyze soil temperature variability and trends based on ground-based measurements.
- Benchmark other land surface or climate models against observational soil temperature data.
Strengths
- Data is designated as Open Access (green), facilitating reuse.
- Observations are specifically intended for evaluating a major reanalysis product (ERA5-Land).
Limitations
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Mingxing Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Collection Method
- Observations likely gathered from ground-based sensors, as implied by the description.