Legacy "ISU AgClimate" 1986-~2013
"ISU Soil Moisture Network" ~2013-present
Minute/Hourly Data:
the present data collection interval from this network is every 15 minutes for the vineyard sites and every minute for the others. the minute interval data only started in 2021 though. the default download is to provide the hourly data.
Select the time interval:
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Ending On: |
Options:
Select from available variablesReference Evapotranspiration (alfalfa)
The Ames-AEA, Ames-Kitchen, Ames-Hinds, and Jefferson locations have the
CS SoilVue 10 installed.
or select from the following depths:
Vineyard Station-only Variables
How should the data be formatted?:
How should missing values be represented?:
Timezone for Data:
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Description of variables in download
- station
- National Weather Service Location Identifier for the site. this is a five character identifier.
- valid
- Timestamp of the observation either in CST or CDT
- tmpf
- Air Temperature [F]
- relh
- Relative Humidity [%]
- solar
- Solar Radiation [Joule/m2]
- precip
- One Hour Precipitation [inch]
- speed
- Wind Speed [mph], 10 minute average, 10 ft above ground
- drct
- Wind Direction [degrees North], 10 minute average, 10 ft above ground
- et
- Potential Evapotranspiration (Alfalfa) [inch]
- soil04t
- 4 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
- soil12t
- 12 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
- soil24t
- 24 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
- soil50t
- 50 inch Depth Soil Temperature [F]
- soil12vwc
- 12 inch Depth Soil Volumetric Water Content [%]
- soil24vwc
- 24 inch Depth Soil Volumetric Water Content [%]
- soil50vwc
- 50 inch Depth Soil Volumetric Water Content [%]