Soil Moisture Measurements at Samford Peri-Urban Site from 2011 to 2014

Aggregating soil water content measurements at various depths from the Samford Ecological Research Facility. Data is sourced from two sensor types: Sentek Solo for high-frequency sampling and Sentek Diviner for coarser resolution sampling, collected between 2011 and 2014.

Use Cases

• Analyze soil moisture trends at various depths to study the influence of vegetation type on ecosystem water use.
• Compare high-frequency soil water content from Sentek Solo sensors with coarser resolution data from Sentek Diviner sensors.
• Investigate the relationship between topography and soil moisture dynamics at the Samford Peri-Urban Site.
• Model ecosystem water use by integrating time-series soil moisture data with vegetation dynamics.

Strengths

• Time-series data spanning 4 years from 2011 to 2014.
• Includes measurements from two distinct sensor technologies for soil water content.
• Data is associated with a specific research facility, the Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF).

Limitations

• The number of rows, columns, and total data size are unknown.
• Data is limited to a single peri-urban site in Australia, limiting geographic generalizability.
• The specific depths and spatial resolution of the soil moisture measurements are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Soil water content measured by Sentek Solo and Sentek Diviner sensors.

Time Range

2011-2014

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in March 2026, but the underlying data collection ended in 2014.

Geography

Samford Ecological Research Facility (SERF), Samford Peri-Urban Site, Australia