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23 Sep 2020
Data description paper |
| 23 Sep 2020
| 23 Sep 2020
A dense network of cosmic-ray neutron sensors for soil moisture observation in a highly instrumented pre-Alpine headwater catchment in Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU), Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Till Francke
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Maik Heistermann
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Martin Schrön
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
Veronika Döpper
Geoinformation for Environmental Planning Lab, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Jannis Jakobi
Agrosphere IBG-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Leo-Brandt-Straße, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Gabriele Baroni
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 50, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Theresa Blume
Section 4.4: Hydrology, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Heye Bogena
Agrosphere IBG-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Leo-Brandt-Straße, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Christian Budach
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Tobias Gränzig
Geoinformation for Environmental Planning Lab, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Michael Förster
Geoinformation for Environmental Planning Lab, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Andreas Güntner
Section 4.4: Hydrology, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen
Agrosphere IBG-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Leo-Brandt-Straße, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Mandy Kasner
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
Markus Köhli
Physikalisches Institut, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 226, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Physikalisches Institut, University of Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Birgit Kleinschmit
Geoinformation for Environmental Planning Lab, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Harald Kunstmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU), Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
Amol Patil
Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
Daniel Rasche
Section 4.4: Hydrology, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Lena Scheiffele
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Ulrich Schmidt
Physikalisches Institut, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 226, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Sandra Szulc-Seyfried
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Jannis Weimar
Physikalisches Institut, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 226, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Steffen Zacharias
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
Marek Zreda
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, 1133 E. James E. Rogers Way, 85721-0011 Tucson, Arizona, USA
Bernd Heber
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Kiel, Leibnizstraße 11, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Ralf Kiese
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU), Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Vladimir Mares
Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Hannes Mollenhauer
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
Ingo Völksch
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU), Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Sascha Oswald
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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