SM.temp.moist: Alpine soil temperature and moisture time series

SM.temp.moistR Documentation

Alpine soil temperature and moisture time series

Description

Soil temperature and water availability from Mt. Washburn in Yellowstone National Park. Data were taken at soil depth of 5cm from a late snowmelt site at UTM 4960736.977 544792.225 zone 12T NAD 83, elevation 3070m.

Usage

data(SM.temp.moist)

Format

A data frame with 30 observations on the following 4 variables.

year

A numeric vector describing year.

day

The "day of year", whereby Jan 1 = day 1 and Dec 32 = day 365 (366 for leap years).

Temp_C

Temperature in degrees Celsius.

Moisture

Soil water availability sensor reading. A reading of 35 is approximately equal to -1.5 MPa.

Source

Aho, K. (2006) Alpine Ecology and Subalpine Cliff Ecology in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Doctoral dissertation, Montana State University, 458 pgs.


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