Soil Hydraulic Properties from Clocaenog Forest Field Site (2010-2012)

Five datasets contain soil hydraulic measurements from the Climoor field site in North Wales, collected between late 2010 and early 2012. Measurements include soil bulk density, saturated water content, and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from field and laboratory instruments like the mini disk infiltrometer and HYPROP. The data was collected to monitor site-specific soil properties for a study on warming and drought effects on ecosystem processes.

Use Cases

• Model soil water dynamics using unsaturated hydraulic conductivity data measured at -2 and -6 cm tensions with a mini disk infiltrometer.
• Analyze soil moisture retention by comparing soil water release curves for wet soil from HYPROP measurements and for dry soil from WP4 potentiometer data.
• Characterize plot-level soil properties by integrating bulk density and saturated water content measurements from the 0-5 cm layer.
• Calibrate hydrological models with the combined dataset of field-measured and laboratory-measured hydraulic conductivity.

Strengths

• Contains five distinct, quality-checked measurement datasets on soil hydraulic properties.
• Data collection spans multiple seasons from November 2010 to May 2012, providing temporal context.
• Measurements originate from a defined experimental field site (Climoor) in Clocaenog Forest, North Wales.

Limitations

• The dataset is a static snapshot from a specific 2010-2012 period, limiting analysis of long-term trends.
• Data has not been infilled, with NA values present where measurements were missing or incorrect.
• Sample size and spatial replication within the field site are not specified.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Field and laboratory measurements using mini disk infiltrometer, HYPROP instrument, and WP4 potentiometer on soil cores.

Time Range

Late 2010 to early 2012, with specific collections in April, September, and November 2011, and May 2012.

Freshness

Data is from 2010-2012, though metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Climoor field site in the Clocaenog Forest, North Wales, UK.