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Stowell, P.; Torre-Neto, A.; Kamienski, C.

Soil moisture data obtained from prototype neutron probes at a centre-pivot irrigation site, Bahia state, Brazil, 2023

https://doi.org/10.5285/a2c87e47-6f85-4bee-9a54-ecb1bb5b3573
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This dataset contains daily soil moisture estimates using prototype cosmic ray neutron sensors. The sensors were deployed in a centre-pivot irrigation site in the state of Bahia, Brazil, and measurements were taken hourly between June and December, 2023.

The dataset includes daily averages of volumetric water containment, which have been corrected for environmental effects.

This dataset was created to study the potential for using distributed cosmic ray sensors to support data driven irrigation optimisation and is 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
2023-06-01    to    2023-12-30
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.

Licensing and constraints

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

Cite this dataset as:
Stowell, P.; Torre-Neto, A.; Kamienski, C. (2025). Soil moisture data obtained from prototype neutron probes at a centre-pivot irrigation site, Bahia state, Brazil, 2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a2c87e47-6f85-4bee-9a54-ecb1bb5b3573

Correspondence/contact details

Stowell, P.
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
UNITED KINGDOM
 p.stowell@sheffield.ac.uk

Authors

Stowell, P.
University of Sheffield
Torre-Neto, A.
Embrapa - Instrumentation
Kamienski, C.
Federal University of ABC

Other contacts

Rights holder
Durham University
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
Keywords
Agriculture , centre pivot irrigation , cosmic-ray sensor , hydrology , soil moisture , time series
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/W004364/1
FAPESP
Last updated
08 July 2025 09:40