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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-683-2020
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-683-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Data description paper
| 
23 Mar 2020
Data description paper |
| 23 Mar 2020
| 23 Mar 2020
Soil moisture and matric potential – an open field comparison of sensor systems
Conrad Jackisch
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Chair of Hydrology, Institute of Water Resources and River Basin Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
current address: Department of Landscape Ecology and Environmental Systems Analysis, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Kai Germer
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Thomas Graeff
Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Department IV 2.1, Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency), Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Ines Andrä
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Katrin Schulz
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Marcus Schiedung
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Jaqueline Haller-Jans
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Jonas Schneider
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Julia Jaquemotte
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Philipp Helmer
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Leander Lotz
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Andreas Bauer
Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Irene Hahn
Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
Martin Šanda
Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Landscape Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thakurova 7, 166 29, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Monika Kumpan
Institute for Land and Water Management Research, Federal Agency for Water Management, 3252 Petzenkirchen, Austria
Johann Dorner
Institute for Land and Water Management Research, Federal Agency for Water Management, 3252 Petzenkirchen, Austria
Gerrit de Rooij
Department of Soil System Science, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
Stefan Wessel-Bothe
ecoTech Umwelt-Meßsysteme GmbH, Nikolausstr. 7, 53129 Bonn, Germany
Lorenz Kottmann
Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn-Institut, Bundesallee 58, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
Siegfried Schittenhelm
Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Julius Kühn-Institut, Bundesallee 58, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
Wolfgang Durner
Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Data sets
Soil moisture and matric potential - An open field comparison of sensor systems C. Jackisch, I. Andrä, K. Germer, K. Schulz, M. Schiedung, J. Haller-Jans, J. Schneider, J. Jaquemotte, P. Helmer, L. Lotz, T. Graeff, A. Bauer, I. Hahn, M. Sanda, M. Kumpan, J. Dorner, G. de Rooij, S. Wessel-Bothe, L. Kottmann, S. Schittenhelm, and W. Durner https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892319
Short summary
Soil water content and matric potential are central hydrological state variables. A large variety of automated probes and sensor systems for field monitoring exist. In a field experiment under idealised conditions we compared 15 systems for soil moisture and 14 systems for matric potential. The individual records of one system agree well with the others. Most records are also plausible. However, the absolute values of the different measuring systems span a very large range of possible truths.
Soil water content and matric potential are central hydrological state variables. A large...
