Soil moisture and matric potential – an open field comparison of sensor systems

Jackisch, Conrad; Germer, Kai; Graeff, Thomas; Andrä, Ines; Schulz, Katrin; Schiedung, Marcus; Haller-Jans, Jaqueline; Schneider, Jonas; Jaquemotte, Julia; Helmer, Philipp; Lotz, Leander; Bauer, Andreas; Hahn, Irene; Šanda, Martin; Kumpan, Monika; Dorner, Johann; de Rooij, Gerrit; Wessel-Bothe, Stefan; Kottmann, Lorenz; Schittenhelm, Siegfried; Durner, Wolfgang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-683-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-683-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-683-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Data description paper

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23 Mar 2020

Data description paper |

| 23 Mar 2020

Soil moisture and matric potential – an open field comparison of sensor systems

Conrad Jackisch, Kai Germer, Thomas Graeff, Ines Andrä, Katrin Schulz, Marcus Schiedung, Jaqueline Haller-Jans, Jonas Schneider, Julia Jaquemotte, Philipp Helmer, Leander Lotz, Andreas Bauer, Irene Hahn, Martin Šanda, Monika Kumpan, Johann Dorner, Gerrit de Rooij, Stefan Wessel-Bothe, Lorenz Kottmann, Siegfried Schittenhelm, and Wolfgang Durner

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RC1: 'More details needed', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1 in the interactive discussion of the manuscript submitted to ESSD: “Soil moisture and matric potential – An open field comparison of sensor systems” by C. Jackisch et al.', Conrad Jackisch, 12 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review of „Soil moisture and matric potential – An open field comparison of sensor systems“ by Jackisch et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2 in the interactive discussion of the manuscript submitted to ESSD: "Soil moisture and matric potential – An open field comparison of sensor systems" by C. Jackisch et al.', Conrad Jackisch, 12 Sep 2019
RC3: 'Review of essd-2019-75', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 Jul 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #3 in the interactive discussion of the manuscript submitted to ESSD: “Soil moisture and matric potential – An open field comparison of sensor systems” by C. Jackisch et al.', Conrad Jackisch, 12 Sep 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Conrad Jackisch on behalf of the Authors (18 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Jan 2020) by Giulio G.R. Iovine

RR by Heye Bogena (11 Jan 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Jan 2020) by Giulio G.R. Iovine

AR by Conrad Jackisch on behalf of the Authors (14 Feb 2020) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Feb 2020) by Giulio G.R. Iovine

AR by Conrad Jackisch on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2020) Manuscript

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.