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Define a Soil Moisture Study Site

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* = These inputs are required.

Current Date: 2009 January 17

*Measurement Date:
Year: Month: Day:

*Name of Site:
Create a unique name that describes the location of your site.
(Other defined sites: N/A )

*Coordinates:

(School Location:
Latitude : deg North
Longitude : deg East
Elevation : meters
Source of data : Select )

Use these current School Location coordinates

Or, specify new coordinates for this site and indicate the source of this data:

Source of data: GPS Other Data Source
(accuracy equivalent to GPS)

Latitude: deg North South of the Equator
(Enter the data in the format 56.8462 deg and mark whether it is North or South.)

Longitude: deg East West of the Prime Meridian
(Enter the data in the format 102.9073 deg and mark whether it is East or West.)

Elevation: meters


Please supply as much of the following information as you can now. When you obtain additional information click on "Define/Edit a Study Site" and click on the name of the site to update it.

Nearest Atmosphere Study Site:
Distance to this Atmosphere Study Site: meters
Direction:
North Northeast East Southeast South Southwest West Northwest

Nearest Soil Characterization Sample Site:
Distance to this Soil Characterization Site: meters
Direction:
North Northeast East Southeast South Southwest West Northwest

State of Soil Moisture Study Site:
Natural Plowed Graded Backfill Compacted Other

Surface Cover:
Bare Soil short grass (< 10 cm) long grass (> 10 cm)
Canopy Cover:
Open Some Trees Within 30m Canopy Overhead
Average Soil Characteristics: Sand %   Silt %   Clay %
Rocks:
None Few Many
Roots:
None Few Many

General description of your study site and metadata (Comments):

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