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Soil Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Daintree Discovery Centre, Cow Bay, 2014
- Citation
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Liddell, M (): Soil Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Daintree Discovery Centre, Cow Bay, 2014. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. http://supersites.tern.org.au/knb/metacat/lloyd.667.6/html
- Identifier
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- docid
- lloyd.667.6
- Data Creators
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- Individual
- Assoc Prof Michael Liddell
- Organization
- James Cook University Cairns Campus
- Abstract
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Three types of soil monitoring probes were installed to measure water tension, volumetric water content, and average soil temperature. Columns in the pit are located at corners of a 1 x 1 m square: I - west corner, II - south corner, III - east corner. Four depths were reached: -2.0 m, -1.5 m, -0.75 m and -0.1 m.
- Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
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- Individual
- Assoc Prof Michael Liddell
- Organization
- James Cook University Cairns Campus
- Address
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PO Box 6811
Cairns. QLD 4870
Australia
- Phone
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- voice
- +61 7 4232 1275
- Email Address
- michael.liddell@jcu.edu.au
- Project Information and Data Owners
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- Title
- FNQ Rainforest Supersite
- Personnel
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- Role
- Principal Investigator
- Individual
- Assoc Prof Michael Liddell
- Organization
- James Cook University Cairns Campus
- Methods and Sampling Information
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- Methods
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Method Step 1
- Description
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Soil Monitoring
3 types of soil monitoring probes were installed, 8x CS229 probes to measure water
tension, 9x CS616 TDR probes to measure volumetric water content, 1x TCAV probe to
measure average soil temperature
• the probes were deployed in the loamy area of the pit (SW corner, S corner and SE
wall)
• 4 depths were reached: -100 mm, -750 mm, -1500 mm and -2000 mm
• per depth 3x TDR and 2x CS229 were deployed in a triangular pattern; vertically in
columns 1m apart and numbered as I (SW corner), II (S corner) and III (SE wall, TDR
only); the TCAV probe was deployed at -750mm between the columns
• the TDR probes were pushed horizontally into the loamy soil (TDR III@-750mm had to be
pushed into a mix of loam/coarse sand)
• the CS229 probes were laid down horizontally in close proximity (5-10cm) to the TDR
probes in column I and II and burried in fine loam scraped from the walls at the spots; the
probes weren't saturated with water before deployment
• the TCAV probes were pushed into the soil horizontally (pairs 5cm vertically apart) in the
SE wall and SW wall, half way between the columns I/II and II/III
- Instrument
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- - 1 x averaging thermocouple probe TCAV at 0.08m deep
- - 12 x water content reflectometer CS616 (referred to as SWS_616) at 0.1m, 0.75m, 1.5m and 2.0m deep
- - 8 x heat dissipation matric water potential sensor 229 (referred to as MWP_229) at 0.1m, 0.75m, 1.5m and 2.0m deep
- Sampling
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- Study Extent Description
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Soil in pit was loamy on the southern and sandy/gravel on the northern side; excavation was restricted to a smaller area by this, works needed to be done fast also as sandy walls won't stay in place if there would be water in the pit or dry out • because of small impact and sand in the soil a triangular pattern for sensor-columns were chosen • one big root of a fig (diameter around 10cm) and several smaller roots had to be cut in the northern area of the pit
- Sampling Description
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- Sensors are distributed in three vertical columns of sensors (seen from above in a triangular pattern), where two columns have 4 SWS_616 and 4 MWP_229 and one column has just 4 SWS_616 - the TCAV probe is sitting in the middle of that triangle - sensors are being read every 30min (takes about 3-4 minutes per loop) and data is stored in logger
- Keywords and Subject Categories
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- soil pit
- soil monitoring probes
- Daintree Discovery Centre
- DDC
- fnqr
- FNQ Rainforest
- Far North Queensland
- anzsrc-for
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- 0503
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- Geographic Coverage
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- Geographic Description
- Daintree Discovery Centre
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 145.427151 degrees
- East
- 145.427151 degrees
- North
- -16.23819 degrees
- South
- -16.23819 degrees
- Temporal Coverage
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- Date Begin
- 2014-01-01
- Date End
- 2014-06-28
- Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions
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CC-BY-4_0
- Data Table
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- Name
- asn_fnqr_soil_properties_ddc_2014.csv
- Description
- Daintree Discovery Centre, Soil Properties 2014
- Attribute Information
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id
- Name
- id
- Definition
- ID Number
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- ID
Timestamp- Name
- Timestamp
- Definition
- Date and Time
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- dd/mm/yyyy, hh:mm:ss
- Precision
- 0
Sws_616_03_Avg- Name
- Sws_616_03_Avg
- Definition
- Volumetric water content at Sensor 03, Column III at -1.5 m depth
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- Percentage
- Number Type
- natural
Ts_TCAV_01_Avg- Name
- Ts_TCAV_01_Avg
- Definition
- Thermo-couple averaging. Temperature Sensor 01
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- celsius
- Number Type
- natural
Sws_616_02_Avg- Name
- Sws_616_02_Avg
- Definition
- Volumetric water content at Sensor 02, Column III at -0.75 m depth
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- Percentage
- Number Type
- natural
Sws_616_01_Avg- Name
- Sws_616_01_Avg
- Definition
- Volumetric water content at Sensor 01, Column III at -0.1 depth
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- Percentage
- Number Type
- natural
Sws_616_04_Avg- Name
- Sws_616_04_Avg
- Definition
- Volumetric water content at Sensor 04, Column III at -2.0 m depth
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Custom Unit
- Percentage
- Number Type
- natural
- Number Of Records
- 8591
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- asn_fnqr_soil_properties_ddc_2014.csv
- Size
- 576274 byte
- Text Format
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- 1
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- #x0A
- Attribute Orientation
- column
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- Distribution
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- lloyd.668.1
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