Groundwater, soil moisture and weather data in Brownsville forest, Nassawadox, VA, 2019-2021

This dataset includes groundwater, soil moisture and weather data collected in six study sites in the Brownsville forested area (VA). In particular, sites H5 and H7 characterize the high forest where healthy Pinus taeda dominate, sites L1 and L6 characterize the low forest, where barren or dead Pinus taeda are present and sites M1 and M2 characterize the medium forest, representing transition between high and low forest. Data collection, started in January 2019, is done for VCR-LTER and CCZN (Coastal Critical Zone Network) long term projects. CTD-Diver are used to measure groundwater pressure, specific conductance and temperature. They hang from a cable in six wells, one for each study site. Water pressure is compensated using barometric pressure data collected by the weather station nearby. Water levels are georeferenced to NAVD 88. One soil moisture sensor for each site is placed 7-10 cm below the ground surface to detect water content, specific conductance and temperature of the first soil layer. A weather station is installed in M1 to collect solar, wind, precipitation and atmospheric pressure data.
Groundwater and soil moisture are in VCR22344_1, weather data are in VCR22344_2, and locations of sites and instruments are in VCR22344_3.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2012322, Collaborative Research: Network Cluster: The Coastal Critical Zone: Processes that transform landscapes and fluxes between land and sea.