Soil Water Measurements in Ethiopia's Awassa Region 2015-2016

Ethiopia's Awassa region provides soil water measurements from three fertility zones and three depths following the 2015-2016 El Niño drought. The dataset includes volumetric water content, water conductivity, and soil temperature data, collected by the NERC-funded BREAD project. Measurements were taken in households across two districts of Halaba in the SNNPR.

Use Cases

• Analyze volumetric water content variation across the home, near, and far fertility zones to assess drought resilience.
• Model soil temperature and water conductivity relationships at 0-5cm, 5-10cm, and 10-15cm depths.
• Compare soil moisture characteristics between the two districts of Halaba to evaluate local environmental impacts.
• Study the spatial distribution of soil water metrics following the 2015-2016 El Niño event.

Strengths

• Data captures a specific climatic event, the 2015-2016 El Niño drought and subsequent floods.
• Measurements are stratified by three distinct fertility zones (home, near, far) and three soil depths.
• Dataset is associated with a defined research project, the NERC-funded BREAD initiative.

Limitations

• The sample size and number of measurement points are not specified, limiting statistical assessment.
• Data is limited to a two-year period (2015-2016) and a specific region, reducing generalizability.
• Key structural details like row count, column names, and file size are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Field measurements taken in household fertility zones within two districts.

Time Range

2015-2016

Freshness

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Geography

Halaba districts in the SNNPR, Awassa region, Ethiopia