Near Surface Soil Moisture and Temperature data - TOMST
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About the data: This dataset consists of soil moisture and temperature measurements collected from TOMST (https://tomst.com/web/en/systems/tms/tms-4/) data loggers in several locations in Africa but...
About the data: This dataset consists of soil moisture and temperature measurements collected from TOMST (https://tomst.com/web/en/systems/tms/tms-4/) data loggers in several locations in Africa but also in Cuba. The dataset consists of three near-surface temperature measurements (12 cm ground surface (Temp: +12 cm), on the ground surface (Temp: 0 cm), and just below the surface (Temp: -6 cm). Measurements of soil moisture are collected at a depth of 15 cm below the ground using the Time Domain Transmittometry technique. The TOMST loggers record soil moisture measurements as raw electric signals, which have to be converted to volumetric soil moisture content by a calibration approach. At the moment, we have used a global calibration curve (independent of soil texture) as we calibrate the loggers for different textures. The dataset herein includes the raw sensor readings, which can be calibrated using the TMS calibration guide https://tomst.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TMS-calibration-handbook.pdf
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.63253/ino64rch |
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| Resource type | Spatial data set |
| Date of creation | 2025-06-03 |
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2025-06-03
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| Metadata identifier | TOMST-Soil-Moisture |
| Metadata language | English |
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| High-value dataset category | Earth observation and environment |
| ISO 19115 topic category | biota |
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