Soil moisture data obtained from prototype neutron probes at a rain-fed field site, Goias state, Brazil, 2023

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This dataset contains daily soil moisture estimates measured using prototype cosmic ray neutron sensors. The sensors were deployed in a rain-fed site in the state of Goias, Brazil. Volumetric water containment measurements were taken hourly between August and December, 2023. These were combined into daily averages after correcting for environmental effects in the sensor readings.

This dataset was created to study the potential for using distributed cosmic ray sensors to support data driven irrigation optimisation, supported by NERC (NE/W004364/1).

Publication date: 2025-06-30

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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area

Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent

2023-08-24 to 2023-12-04

Temporal resolution

daily

Provenance & quality

Soil moisture data collected on a prototype FiWare sensing platform. Corrections for background cosmic ray variations, air humidity and temperature were applied using weather station data from a co-deployed environmental monitoring station before being averaged over each day.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Stowell, P.; Soler-Silva, M.; Madari, B.; Torre-Neto, A.; Kamienski, C. (2025). Soil moisture data obtained from prototype neutron probes at a rain-fed field site, Goias state, Brazil, 2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/36df3345-277d-4efa-9b98-9140dbea5c4f

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