Soil temperature along an elevation gradient at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 2010 - present

Soil temperature and soil moisture have been measured at multiple
locations at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF), as part of
a study of the relationships between snow depth, soil freezing and
nutrient cycling
(http://www.ecostudies.org/people_sci_groffman_snow_summary.html). In
October 2010, we established 6, 20 x 20-m plots (intensive plots) and
14 10 x 10-m plots (extensive plots) along an elevation gradient, with
eight of the plots on north-facing slopes and twelve on south-facing
slopes. Soil temperature and soil moisture were measured at hourly
intervals on these plots beginning in November 2010. Six locations
were discontinued in September 2012 (E04, E05, E06, E11-B, E13, and
E14).

Previous versions of this dataset included both temperature and
moisture. These data are now available as temperature (this dataset)
and moisture
(https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?scope=knb-lter-hbr&identifier=137).

These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
(HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA
Forest Service, Northern Research Station.