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Soil Temperature Sensor
Soil Temperature Sensor

Soil temperature sensors are in situ, ground-based sensors used to measure and monitor soil temperature. They use thermistors or thermocouples to detect changes in resistance and calculate temperature. Soil temperature sensors are used for agricultural purposes, environmental monitoring, and ecological research.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Measurement Type

Temperature/Humidity

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Agriculture > Soils

Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Land Surface/agriculture Indicators > Soil Temperature

Earth Science > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature

Earth Science > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Temperature

Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils

Earth Science > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature

Earth Science > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Temperature

Vertical Measurement Regions

Subsurface - Land

Temporal Resolution

Variable

Spatial Resolution

Point

Measurement Frequency

N/A

Calibration Details

Currently unavailable

Online Information

https://www.campbellsci.com/soil-temperature

Lead Investigator
Currently unavailable
Technical Contact
Currently unavailable
Instrument Maker
Varies
Funding Source
Currently unavailable
Overview Publications
Currently unavailable
Repositories
- data center outside NASA
- National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC (NSIDC DAAC)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL)

Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

Field site of rain gauges and soil moistures sensors from the IFloodS campaign

Field site of rain gauges and soil moistures sensors from the IFloodS campaign

Field Site

77 Campaigns · 175 Instruments

Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment

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· 26 Data Products

Southern African Regional Science Initiative

Southern Africa

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· 110 Data Products

SnowEx

Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Alaska

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· 86 Data Products

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

Boreal forests of central Canada

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· 303 Data Products

Soil Moisture Experiment

Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

United States, Canada, Iowa, Maryland, Arizona, Massachusetts, Manitoba

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· 25 Data Products

First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

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· 115 Data Products

Great Plains Irrigation Experiment

Southeastern Nebraska

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· 0 Data Products

FireSense

Western United States, Southeastern United States, California, Montana, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma

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· 4 Data Products

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Image of a FLUXNET tower in Harvard Forests, Maine

Permanent Land Site

Permanent Land Site

67 Campaigns · 103 Instruments

Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

Central Oklahoma, Southern Plains

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· 34 Data Products

Soil Moisture Experiment

Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

Great Plains Irrigation Experiment

Southeastern Nebraska

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· 0 Data Products

Canadian Experiment for Soil Moisture

Saskatchewan, Canada

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· 0 Data Products

Data Products

Filter data products from this instrument by specific campaigns, platforms, or formats.

Campaigns

Platforms

Formats

Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: USGS (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/34

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/512

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

GPM GROUND VALIDATION OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY MESONET MC3E V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/MULTIPLE/DATA203

CampaignsMid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

PlatformsPermanent Land Site

BOREAS RSS-17 Stem, Soil, and Air Temperature Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/302

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

SAFARI 2000 Meteorological and Flux Tower Measurements in Maun, Botswana, 200010.3334/ORNLDAAC/760

CampaignsSouthern African Regional Science Initiative

PlatformsField Site

Soil CO2 Flux Data (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/105

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TE-06 1994 Soil and Air Temperatures in the NSA10.3334/ORNLDAAC/328

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

SAFARI 2000 Kalahari Transect CO2, Water Vapor, and Heat Flux, Wet Season 200010.3334/ORNLDAAC/765

CampaignsSouthern African Regional Science Initiative

PlatformsField Site

SMAPVEX12 Probe-Based In Situ Soil Moisture Data for Forest Area V00110.5067/2ETTBINRTSKX

CampaignsSoil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

PlatformsField Site

FormatsExcel

SMAPVEX08 Land Cover Classification Map V00110.5067/CPB005XLAIIG

CampaignsSoil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

PlatformsField Site

FormatsBinary

SMAPVEX08 In Situ Soil Moisture Data V00110.5067/C98E2L0ZTWO4

CampaignsSoil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

PlatformsField Site

FormatsASCII, Excel

SMAPVEX15 Probe-Based In Situ Soil Moisture Data V00110.5067/QTDS3ZGQNM95

CampaignsSoil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment

PlatformsField Site

FormatsExcel, Excel

Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: USGS (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/24

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

PlatformsField Site

CARVE: L1 In-situ Carbon and CH4 Flux and Meteorology at EC Towers, Alaska, 2011-201510.3334/ORNLDAAC/1424

CampaignsCarbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment

PlatformsField Site

SnowEx20 Grand Mesa In Situ Dielectric Soil Moisture V00110.5067/FWUZU0FTZKYI

CampaignsSnowEx

PlatformsField Site

FormatsCSV

SnowEx21 Prairie Station In Situ Dielectric Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature V00110.5067/ZTAP7GH76M9Y

CampaignsSnowEx

PlatformsField Site

FormatsCSV

SAFARI 2000 Soil Properties, Moisture, and Temp., Skukuza and Mongu, 1999-200110.3334/ORNLDAAC/789

CampaignsSouthern African Regional Science Initiative

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TF-10 NSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Porometry Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/454

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TF-08 NSA-OJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/516

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TF-09 SSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/367

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/513

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TF-11 SSA-FEN Tower Flux and Meteorological Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/373

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite B Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 199610.3334/ORNLDAAC/412

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite B Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 199410.3334/ORNLDAAC/410

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 199610.3334/ORNLDAAC/464

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 199410.3334/ORNLDAAC/462

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TF-10 NSA-Fen Tower Flux and Meteorological Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/368

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TGB-05 CO2, CH4, and CO Chamber Flux Data over the NSA10.3334/ORNLDAAC/384

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Soil Characteristics Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/511

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS TGB-01/TGB-03 Water Table and Peat Temperature Data over the NSA10.3334/ORNLDAAC/380

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 199510.3334/ORNLDAAC/463

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsField Site

ABoVE: Soil Temperature Profiles, USArray Seismic Stations, 2016-202110.3334/ORNLDAAC/1680

CampaignsArctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment

PlatformsPermanent Land Site

ABoVE: Soil Temperature Profiles, USArray Seismic Stations, AK and Canada, 2016-201910.3334/ORNLDAAC/1767

CampaignsArctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment

PlatformsPermanent Land Site