Twelve years of profile soil moisture and temperature measurements in Twente, the Netherlands

van der Velde, Rogier; Benninga, Harm-Jan F.; Retsios, Bas; Vermunt, Paul C.; Salama, M. Suhyb

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1889-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1889-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1889-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

Data description paper

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27 Apr 2023

Data description paper |

| 27 Apr 2023

Twelve years of profile soil moisture and temperature measurements in Twente, the Netherlands

Rogier van der Velde, Harm-Jan F. Benninga, Bas Retsios, Paul C. Vermunt, and M. Suhyb Salama

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RC1:
'Comment on essd-2022-90', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Aug 2022

Please find the report in the supplement.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-90-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Rogier Van der Velde, 16 Nov 2022
  
  We thank the referee for the positive and detailed comments. The level of detail and provided suggestions are much appreciated and motivate us to critically reflect at the content of the submitted manuscript. In attached file, we provide our point-by-point response to the comments.
  kind regards
  Rogier van der Velde
  on behalf of the authors
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-90-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on essd-2022-90', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Nov 2022

Summary:

This paper presents a dataset of ongoing in situ soil moisture measurements in a region in the eastern part of the Netherlands. The dataset covers the time period since 2009, 20 locations, and measurements at five different depths (in general). The paper presents also results from field campaigns that resulted in calibration functions for the soil moisture sensors.

General evaluation:

The paper is in general sound and I have only minor comments. However, a major concern is whether publication is warranted in a high impact journal like ESSD, for only 20 point soil moisture time series for a period of 13 years. Question is whether the dataset is unique enough for this journal. I have suggested "minor revision", but alternatively a recommendation could also be "rejection". I leave this decision to the editor.

Specific Comments:

L28. Instead of Mecklenburg et al., 2016 an earlier citation should be included.

L114. What does “forest” mean here? Fruit trees? Please specify.

L116. Probably harvested in September and October.

L185. What has happened in case of sensor failure? What if sensors had to be replaced? Was the same sensor type used? Was there a check for inhomogeneity in the measurement time series?

L296-L303. Can you explain why these RMSE´s are so large? What is the RMSE for the average soil moisture content of a complete field or area?

L335. iv) instead of v)

L343: Change to: “a readme document”

L366. Do you compare here individual measurement points with measurements?

L375. “lower groundwater levels” instead of “low groundwater levels”?

L391. How doe you explain this? Could it be related to preferential flow in the unsaturated zone?

L394. Or opposite? In situ groundwater levels (whose availability is more abundant than soil moisture measurements) provide information on soil moisture content.

L423. Typo: “third-party”.

Figure 8. Please explain the numbers in the figure (why twice “1”, “2”, “3” etc.)

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-90-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Rogier Van der Velde, 22 Nov 2022
  
  We would like to thank the referee for general positive feedback. In the attached file, we provide our point-by-point response to the comments.
  kind regards
  Rogier van der Velde
  on behalf of the authors
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-90-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Rogier Van der Velde on behalf of the Authors (19 Dec 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Jan 2023) by Sibylle K. Hassler

RR by Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen (17 Jan 2023)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Jan 2023)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Jan 2023) by Sibylle K. Hassler

AR by Rogier Van der Velde on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2023) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Feb 2023) by Sibylle K. Hassler

AR by Rogier Van der Velde on behalf of the Authors (28 Feb 2023) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Mar 2023) by Sibylle K. Hassler

AR by Rogier Van der Velde on behalf of the Authors (27 Mar 2023) Manuscript

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From 2009, a network of 20 profile soil moisture and temperature monitoring stations has been operational in the Twente region, east of the Netherlands. In addition, field campaigns have been conducted covering four growing seasons during which soil moisture was measured near 12 monitoring stations. We describe the monitoring network and field campaigns, and we provide an overview of open third-party datasets that may support the use of the Twente datasets.

Twelve years of profile soil moisture and temperature measurements in Twente, the Netherlands

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