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Description

The gravimetrical soil moisture data were collected from many stations spread over the FIFE study area. These data were collected to characterize the spatial and temporal patterns of moisture content of the soils over this area during and between the FIFE Intensive Field Campaigns. The aim of the FIFE soil moisture work was to characterize spatial and temporal patterns of soil moisture at the FIFE site, to validate and calibrate remote sensing measurements of soil water, and to evaluate alternative methods of measuring soil moisture both from the air and on the ground. A further goal was to develop techniques for comparing point and spatially continuous measurements of soil moisture. The FIFE soil moisture research was designed to advance the technology for characterizing soil moisture and contribute useful data to other FIFE investigations.

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
CORING DEVICES ,
BALANCE
Projects
FIFE
Spatial Extent

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1987-05-20 to 1989-10-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2980751536-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1924
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Soil Moisture/Water Content

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Nelson, A. K., & Harbers, G. (1994). Soil Moisture Gravimetric Data (FIFE) (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/110 Date Accessed: 2026-09-30

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Equilibrium Evaporation and Positive Evaporation-Surface Temperature Relationships Across a Grassland
  • Qualls, Russell J., Wagstaff, Mark, Crago, Richard D.
Linking Boundary Layer Circulations and Surface Processes during FIFE 89. Part II: Maintenance of Secondary Circulation.
  • Wai, Mickey M-K., Smith, Eric A.
Modeling biophysical controls on land surface temperature and reflectance in grasslands
  • Morrow, N., A. Friedl, M.
Modeling of Energy, Water, and CO<SUB>2</SUB> Flux in a Temperate Grassland Ecosystem with SiB2: May-October 1987.
  • Colello, G. D., Grivet, C., Sellers, P. J., Berry, J. A.
Comparison of the Evaporative Fraction and the Priestley-Taylor for Parameterizing Daytime Evaporation
  • Crago, Richard D.
Linking Boundary-Layer Circulations and Surface Processes during FIFE 89. Part I: Observational Analysis.
  • Smith, Eric A., Wai, Mickey M-K., Cooper, Harry J., Rubes, Michael T., Hsu, Ann
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