Soil moisture probe data from 15 probes within the Liverpool Plains region and Muttama in NSW

Abstract

Soil moisture probe measurements from 15 different probes in the Liverpool Plains and Muttama, NSW. There are 15 files, with one for each probe and each is named after the location. These measurements are taken as ground-truth soil moisture data (%VWC) at depths from 30-110 cm, with a measurement every 10 cm, that is used to validate predictive modelling. A file named "USYD PROBE INFO.csv" contains the name of each probe, the corresponding API, and the coordinates. All data is obtained using the irrimaxlive API. This file is stored as "USYD API.py" and uses the "USYD PROBE INFO.csv" file as input. Once run, it outputs an up-to-date soil moisture probe measurement file named after its location. This data is uncalibrated. Each probe measurement file has the following columns: Date Time, A (soil moisture (%VWC) readings), and T (soil temperature (degrees Celsius) readings. The number inside the bracket after "A" or "T" is the depth (cm) of the measurement. "USYD PROBE INFO.csv" has the following columns: API Probe Name (Name of the site in the API database, Product Name (what the site is known as in all documentation and in file names), Latitude, and Longitude.

The datasets are stored on the USYD-RDS at \\shared.sydney.edu.au\research-data\PRJ-soilwaternowarchive. This data is available under terms and conditions to be agreed by the University of Sydney and GRDC and/or under a data supply and licence agreement. Please contact Dr Patrick Filippi (patrick.filippi@sydney.edu.au) to request access to the data.