The Raam regional soil moisture monitoring  network in the Netherlands

Benninga, Harm-Jan F.; Carranza, Coleen D. U.; Pezij, Michiel; van Santen, Pim; van der Ploeg, Martine J.; Augustijn, Denie C. M.; van der Velde, Rogier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-61-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-61-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-61-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

11 Jan 2018

| 11 Jan 2018

The Raam regional soil moisture monitoring network in the Netherlands

Harm-Jan F. Benninga, Coleen D. U. Carranza, Michiel Pezij, Pim van Santen, Martine J. van der Ploeg, Denie C. M. Augustijn, and Rogier van der Velde

Data sets

Regional soil moisture monitoring network in the Raam catchment in the Netherlands - 2016-04/2017-04 H.-J. F. Benninga, C. D. U. Carranza, M. Pezij, M. J. van der Ploeg, D. C. M. Augustijn, and R. van der Velde https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:dc364e97-d44a-403f-82a7-121902deeb56

Regional soil moisture monitoring network in the Raam catchment in the Netherlands H. F. Benninga, C. D. U.Carranza, M. Pezij, M. J. Van der Ploeg, D. C. M. Augustijn, and R. Van der Velde https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:2411bbb8-2161-4f31-985f-7b65b8448bc9

Short summary

Soil moisture is a central hydrological state variable. We set up a soil moisture and soil temperature profile monitoring network of 15 stations, distributed over the 495 km² Raam region. The Raam catchment faces dry and wet periods, which both have implications for agricultural and regional water management. The measurements at 5 cm depth provide a reference for soil moisture retrievals from earth observations, while the measurements at deeper layers enable investigation of root zone processes.