Instruction on water table depth measurements
Download the last version and the previous versions of the Instruction on Water Table Depth Measurements. This Instruction is based on the following ICOS protocols:
- Op de Beeck et al., 2015. “Protocol on Soil-Meteorological Variables Final Version v3”
and published in: under review
The Instruction document can be cited as:
Op de Beeck, M., Sabbatini, S., & Papale, D. (2017). ICOS Ecosystem Instructions for Water Table Depth Measurements (Version 20190423). ICOS Ecosystem Thematic Centre. https://doi.org/10.18160/k9vq-k8d0
Instruction document history and download
| Version |
Changes respect to the previous |
20190423
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Clarified that BADM info must be sent referring to WTD and that both WCP and WTD must be submitted. Changed the calibration requirements. Added instructions to submit manual measurements. |
| 20180809 |
Added WTD as mandatory variable in addition to WCP in order to support the real time QA and crosscheck with BADM. |
| 20180130 |
Change the sign of the Eq. 2 (the WCP term) so that WTD is negative (in agreement with the convention for sensor). |
| 20180123 |
Specified the BADM template and the continuous variables to be submitted |
| 20170704 |
Harmonisation of the section Submission with Instructions for Meteorological Data Format and BADM System. Added a Calculations section. |
| 20161206 |
First version |
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