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Title: Soil Temperature and Moisture Profile (STAMP) System Handbook

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1332724· OSTI ID:1332724
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

The soil temperature and moisture profile system (STAMP) provides vertical profiles of soil temperature, soil water content (soil-type specific and loam type), plant water availability, soil conductivity, and real dielectric permittivity as a function of depth below the ground surface at half-hourly intervals, and precipitation at one-minute intervals. The profiles are measured directly by in situ probes at all extended facilities of the SGP climate research site. The profiles are derived from measurements of soil energy conductivity. Atmospheric scientists use the data in climate models to determine boundary conditions and to estimate the surface energy flux. The data are also useful to hydrologists, soil scientists, and agricultural scientists for determining the state of the soil. The STAMP system replaced the SWATS system in early 2016.

Research Organization:
DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-7601830
OSTI ID:
1332724
Report Number(s):
DOE/SC-ARM-TR-186
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Revised August 2017.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English