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Data description paper
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Data description paper |
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Twelve years of profile soil moisture and temperature measurements in Twente, the Netherlands
Rogier van der Velde
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Department of Water Resources, Faculty of ITC, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, the Netherlands
Waterexpertisecentrum, Vitens, Zwolle 8019 BE, the Netherlands
Harm-Jan F. Benninga
Department of Water Resources, Faculty of ITC, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, the Netherlands
now at: Witteveen+Bos Consulting Engineers, Deventer 7400 AE, the Netherlands
Bas Retsios
Department of Water Resources, Faculty of ITC, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, the Netherlands
Paul C. Vermunt
Department of Water Resources, Faculty of ITC, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, the Netherlands
M. Suhyb Salama
Department of Water Resources, Faculty of ITC, University of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, the Netherlands
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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.
From 2009, a network of 20 profile soil moisture and temperature monitoring stations has been...
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