Science Links

Soil Moisture & Temperature

• SCAN: Soil Climate Analysis Network - US only, obs. & model
• Illinois State Water Survey
• LDAS: Land Data Assimilation System - NOAA, model
• LDAS: Land Data Assimilation System - Realtime Image Generator
• ELDAS: European Land Data Assimilation System -
• RUC/MAPS: Rapid Update Cycle Model - NOAA, 20 km, model
• MMM: Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology - NCAR, MM5 model

Soil Temperature

• NSSC Remote Soil Temperature Network - annual data, 5/day
• NWS-NCRFC - Central Region Soil Temperature Network

Soil Moisture

• Remote Sensing Research at USDA-ARS-Hydrolab -
• Importance of Soil Moisture in Weather & Climate Prediction
• Global Soil Moisture Data Bank - thanks to Dr. Alan Robock
• High Plains Regional Climate Center
• U.S. Soil Moisture Monitoring - CPC/NCEP
• National Drought Mitigation Center - link to Drought Watch
• 14-day Soil Moisture Outlook for the US - COLA/GrADS
• US Drought Severity Index by Division - CPC/NCEP
• NCAR Land Surface Model - see Analyzed model data
• - monthly, 1992-2000
• Experimental Soil Wetness Index - SSM/I (85 GHz - 19 GHz HH)
• Experimental Soil Wetness Index - SSM/I (85 GHz - 19 GHz HH)
• Soil Water Content Products - PSU
• US Ag Soil Moisture Forecast -
• USFS Wildland Fire Assessment System - Fire Danger Rating

On-going basin scale field experiements

• FAO/GTOS - Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites - global obs.
• Great Plains Partnership
• OKMESONET - Oklahoma Mesonet Outreach Site
• ARM: Atmo. Rad. Meas. Program - Southern Great Plains Site
• Black Rock Forest - NY
  Check out: "k-12 Curriculum Resources" and "Environmental Monitoring Investigations"
• BOREAS: Boreal Ecology-Atmosphere Study
• FIFE: First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• HAPEX Sahel Information System
• Jornada LTER - NM & MX
• SALSA: Semi-Arid Land-Surface-Atmosphere Program
• Walker Branch Watershed - Oak Ridge, TN
  Check out "Current Research" and "Data" Archive links

Soils

• National Resource Conservation Service
• Soil Science Society of America
• International Soil Science Society
• National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists, Inc.

Hydrology

• Digital Atlas of the World Water Balance

Soil Moisture & Temperature equipment suppliers

• SoWaCS: Soil Water Content Sensors and Measurement - an international discussion group
• Onset Computer Corp. - Soil Temperature data loggers
• Spectrum Technologies Inc. - Ag/Met/Soil data loggers
• Taylor Instruments - Hand-held thermometers
• Campbell Scientific, Inc. - TDR, FDR, heat dissipation
• Forestry Suppliers Inc. - Basic field equipment
• Davis Instrument Corp. - Meteorological data systems
• Environmental Sensors, Inc. - Moisture Point, Gro-Point
• Environmental Sensors, Inc. - TDR, "Virrib"
• Irrometer Company, Inc. - Tensiometers, Watermark
• Soilmoisture Equipment Corp. - TDR
• Soil Moisture Monitoring Services - Aquaflex, Gopher
• Soil Measurement Systems - crashes Netscape on a UNIX machine
• Soil Sensors - AquaProbe
• STREAT Instruments - Aquaflex
• Remote Measurement Systems -
• Sensit -
• Agrilink Pty. - "Enviroscan" (resistivity)
• Jack Hillen: Flying H ranch - "Water Watcher" (heat dissipation)

General Internet Resources

Links to other K-12 Education/Research Programs

Links to Global Hydrology, Satellite and Climate Data Sources