Bell, J. E., M. A. Palecki, C. B. Baker, W. G. Collins, J. H. Lawrimore, R. D. Leeper, M. E. Hall, J. Kochendorfer, T. P. Meyers, T. Wilson, and H. J. Diamond. 2013: U.S. Climate Reference Network soil moisture and temperature observations. J. Hydrometeorol., 14, 977-988, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-12-0146.1;
USCRN
| Country | USA |
| Stations | 115 |
| Organisation | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NOAA/NESDIS) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |
| Contacts | Michael A. Palecki |
| Website |
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/crn/ |
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| Abstract |
Soil moisture NRT network USCRN (Climate Reference Network) in United States;the datasets of 114 stations were collected and processed by the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration"s National Climatic Data Center (NOAA"s NCDC)
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| Variables measured |
air temperature precipitation soil moisture soil temperature surface temperature |
| Depths of soil moisture measurements |
0.05 - 0.05 m 0.10 - 0.10 m 0.20 - 0.20 m 0.50 - 0.50 m 1.00 - 1.00 m |
| Soil Moisture sensors used |
Stevens Hydraprobe II Sdi-12 |
| Data availability | from 2000-11-15 to 2025-07-11 |
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