Saturated Soil Hydraulic Conductivity from Brazilian Forest Experiment

June 12-20, 2001 measurements of field-estimated saturated hydraulic conductivity. This dataset contains one comma-delimited ASCII file from a rainfall exclusion experiment conducted from 1999-2001 at the km 67 Seca Floresta site in the Tapajos National Forest, Brazil. The study, part of NASA's LBA ECO project, aimed to understand the physical processes driving soil water dynamics.

Use Cases

• Analyzing soil infiltration rates under experimental drought conditions using saturated hydraulic conductivity values.
• Modeling soil water dynamics and percolation processes in a tropical rainforest environment.
• Calibrating or validating hydrological models with field-measured conductivity data from a controlled experiment.
• Studying the impact of rainfall exclusion on soil physical properties in the Amazon basin.

Strengths

• Data originates from a controlled, multi-year (1999-2001) rainfall exclusion experiment conducted by NASA.
• Measurements provide specific temporal coverage for a key soil property from June 12-20, 2001.
• The dataset's presence across multiple government platforms indicates its established use in research.

Limitations

• The exact row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date: one lists 2001-06-20, another lists 2026-03-13, suggesting possible metadata errors.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), LBA-ECO project.

Collection Method

Field estimated measurements collected as part of a rainfall exclusion experiment.

Time Range

1999-2001 (experiment), with specific conductivity measurements from June 12-20, 2001.

Freshness

2026-03-13 01:12:51.238172

Geography

km 67 Seca Floresta site, Tapajos National Forest, Para, Brazil.