The Raam regional soil moisture monitoring  network in the Netherlands

Benninga, Harm-Jan F.; Carranza, Coleen D. U.; Pezij, Michiel; van Santen, Pim; van der Ploeg, Martine J.; Augustijn, Denie C. M.; van der Velde, Rogier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-61-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-61-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-61-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

11 Jan 2018

| 11 Jan 2018

The Raam regional soil moisture monitoring network in the Netherlands

Harm-Jan F. Benninga, Coleen D. U. Carranza, Michiel Pezij, Pim van Santen, Martine J. van der Ploeg, Denie C. M. Augustijn, and Rogier van der Velde

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Final revised paper (published on 11 Jan 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 13 Jul 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'specific corrections', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Harm-Jan Benninga, 05 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Specific comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Harm-Jan Benninga, 05 Oct 2017

Short summary

Soil moisture is a central hydrological state variable. We set up a soil moisture and soil temperature profile monitoring network of 15 stations, distributed over the 495 km² Raam region. The Raam catchment faces dry and wet periods, which both have implications for agricultural and regional water management. The measurements at 5 cm depth provide a reference for soil moisture retrievals from earth observations, while the measurements at deeper layers enable investigation of root zone processes.