ESP Data Set Summary

Accession:	SOIL	Theme:	Hydrology
Data Set Title:	Gravimetric soil moisture observations from Barro Colorado Island
Originator:	Steven Paton
Study Type:	Monitoring
Study Period:	Mar 3, 1972 to May 20 , 2004 - planned to continue indefinitely
Abstract:	Weekly gravimetric soil moisture records from Barro Colorado Island by STRI as part of the T-ESP. Data are recorded from 10 soil cores at 0-10cm and at 30-40cm each. Samples are currently only being taken at locations around the Lutz catchment, but some data exist for the center (plateau) area of BCI. Averages are stored as % water content by wet weight of soil and as % water content by dry weight of soil. Data are archived here.
Locations:	STRI -- BCI, Republic of Panama   LUTZ * Lutz catchment samples Northing 626621, Easting 1012332 PLATEAU * Plateau samples Northing 626621, Easting 1012332
Data Columns:	Column Name Units Type 1 Site   text 2 Date dd/mm/yyyy date 3 Depth Soil depth (0-10cm, 30-40cm) text 4 Sample Sample # (1-10) integer 5 Wet Wet soil weight floating-point 6 Dry Dry soil weight floating-point 7 H2O_by_wet % soil moisture by wet soil weight floating-point 8 H2O_by_dry % soil moisture by dry soil weight floating-point
Table Size:	21450 records
Review Status:	reviewed by ESP
Public Release:	Daws et al 2002
Public File Downloads:	Data available upon request from: Steven Paton