usses_decagon: Daily soil moisture data from the US Sheep Experiment Station

Description Usage Format

Description

A dataset containing the average soil moisture in 12 study plots at the US Sheep Experiment Station. Each plot received either ambient precipitation, a 50 decrease in precipitation. Monitored between 2012 and 2016.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 1022240 rows and 12 variables:

date

Date in %Y-%m-%d format

datetime

POSIXct datetime in %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%s local time

id

decagon datalogger id

plot

unique plot id, matches QuadName in quad_info

PrecipGroup

plot group, each plot group contains drought, irrigation and ambient plots

Treatment

Treatment level Irrigation, Drought, Control

port

port used for the probe in the logger

position

position of decagon probe, number gives the depth and "W" or "E" indicates side of plot where probe was installed

depth

soil depth of decagon probe

measure

variable type, C (temperature in degree C), volumetric water content (VWC)

stat

factor giving type, all should be raw values

v

measured value, depends on measurement type above


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