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Overview Research Site Status and Provenance Access and Downloads
Name of Research Project
Related Project
Part
GWF-HPFS: Hydrological Processes in Frozen Soils
Related Research Project(s)
Related ProjectPart
GWF-HPFS: Hydrological Processes in Frozen Soils
Dataset Title
Soil moisture data from St. Denis National Wildlife Area
Additional Information
GeoNetwork record: www.gwfnet.net/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/33761917-dfea-476e-8f73-a404858e99be
Creators and Contributors
NameRoleEmailInstitution
Rosa Brannen
Point of Contact
rosa.brannen@usask.ca
University of Saskatchewan
Andrew Ireson
Principal Investigator
University of Saskatchewan
Abstract
Soil monitoring profiles were installed in 2013. Hourly measurements of soil moisture, matric potential, temperature, and conductivity are made at multiple depths in four profiles. Details are available in Bam et al., 2019 (Earth Systems Science Data, 11, 553-563).
Purpose
This dataset supports the Global Water Futures project Hydrological Processes in Frozen Soils, which aims to improve understanding of soil freeze-thaw processes and methods of interpreting soil moisture data from instrumentation in frozen soils.
Keywords
Keyword
soil moisture
soil temperature
soil electric conductivity
matric potential
Canadian Prairies
Citations
Bam, E. , Brannen, R. , Budhathoki, S. , Ireson, A. , Spence, C. , Van der Kamp, G. (2018). Atmospheric, soil, surface and groundwater data from the St Denis National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan, Canada [Dataset]. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0115

Bam, E. K. P., Brannen, R., Budhathoki, S., Ireson, A. M., Spence, C., van der Kamp, G. (2019). Meteorological, soil moisture, surface water, and groundwater data from the St. Denis National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan, Canada. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 11: 553-563. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-553-2019
Temporal Extent
Begin Date
End Date
2013-07-28
Specific Locations (if needed)
Description of Specific LocationLatitudeLongitude
St. Denis National Wildlife Area
52.2084
-106.0926
Dataset Version
1
Dataset Creation Date
2018-10-16
Status of data collection/production
○ Planned
◉ In Progress
○ Abandoned
○ Complete
Dataset Completion or Abandonment Date
2018-10-16
Data Update Frequency
○ Continually
○ Daily
○ Weekly
○ Biweekly
○ Monthly
○ Anually
◉ As needed
○ Irregular
○ None planned
○ Unknown
Primary Source of Data
◻ Unknown/Unspecified
◻ Census
◻ Field collected samples
◻ Field experiment
▣ Field observation
◻ Field survey
◻ Human biological samples
◻ Lab experiment
◻ Model simulation
◻ Previously collected
◻ Qualitative (from observations or interviews)
◻ Social survey
◻ Traditional knowledge
◻ Other Source of Data (Please specify in field below)
Terms of Use
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Does the data have access restrictions?
▣ No restriction (data is currently open to public)
◻ Limited (data is currently under embargo until publication)
◻ Limited (data involves intellectual property issues related to local or traditional knowledge)
◻ Limited (release of data may cause harm to the environment or to the public)
◻ Limited (pre-existing data has been used and is subject to access restrictions)
◻ Limited (data involves human subjects)
◻ Limited (data is supported by industry partnerships)
◻ Limited (data is supported by government partnerships)
Download Links and Instructions
Data from July 28, 2013 to September 6, 2018 available here: https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0115
Total Size of all Dataset Files (GB)
0.046
File formats and online databases
◻ Link to online database or web services (e.g., WISKI, ECCC)
◻ Archive files (.zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, etc.)
▣ CSV files (.csv - comma or tab separated value files)
◻ Excel document files (.xlsx, .xls)
◻ Image files (e.g., .tiff, .jpeg, .png, .gif, etc.)
◻ NetCDF files (.netcdf, .nc)
◻ Text files (.txt)
◻ Word document files (.docx, .doc)
◻ Other (Please specify in field below)
List of Parameters and Variables
Parameter/VariableUnitFrequencySource
temperature
C
hourly
Hydraprobe (Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc.)
electrical conductivity
?S/cm
hourly
Hydraprobe (Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc.)
volumetric water content
m3/m3
hourly
Hydraprobe (Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc.)
matric potential
m
hourly
229 Heat Dissipation Matric Potential Sensor (Campbell Scientific) T4e tensiometers (Decagon Devices)
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