Lysimeter data from a tillage experiment at Zurich-Reckenholz

This readme file was generated on 2026-07-01 by Annelie Holzkämper GENERAL INFORMATION Title of Dataset: Lysimeter research data from a tillage experiment at Zurich Reckenholz Author Contact InformationName: Annelie HolzkämperORCID: 0000-0002-1951-1041Institution: AgroscopeAddress: Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zurich, SwitzerlandEmail: [e-mail] Date of data collection: 2013-08-01 to 2016-07-31Geographic location of data collection: 47.428, 8.518, Zurich-Reckenholz, Switzerland SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Links to publications that cite or use the data: Holzkämper, A., Spiess, E., Humphrys, C., Meier-Zimmermann, K., Heller, O., Keller, T., and Prasuhn, V.: Non-inversion tillage benefits soil N retention during bare soil period coinciding with wet spell, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-330, 2026. Recommended citation for this dataset: Holzkämper, A., Spiess, E., & Prasuhn, V. (2026). Lysimeter data from a tillage experiment at Zurich-Reckenholz [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20825203 DATA & FILE OVERVIEW DATA_Nleaching.csv - daily data on seepage water in mm, nitrate concentrations in seepage water in mg/l, nitrate loads leached in kgN/ha for lysimeters included in the soil management experiment DATA_eta.csv - daily actual evapotranspiration for weighable lysimeters included in the soil management experiment DATA_FDR.zip - daily soil moisture measured in weighable lysimeters in four depth: 10cm, 30cm, 60cm, 90cm (with two sensor replicated by depth) DATA_temp.csv - daily soil temperature measured in weighable lysimeters in four depth: 10cm, 30cm, 60cm, 90cm (with two sensor replicated by depth) DATA_Tens.zip - daily soil water tension measured in weighable lysimeters in four depth: 10cm, 30cm, 60cm, 90cm (with two sensor replicated by depth) KEY_treatmentsByLysi.csv - key to relate lysimeter IDs to treatments in the experiment (CT = conventional tillage, NIT = non-inversion tillage) and soil (G = Cambisol from Grafenried, R = Cambisol from Reckenholz, S = Luvisol from Schafisheim) METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION Experimental design and methods used for collection/generation of data are detailed in: Holzkämper, A., Spiess, E., & Prasuhn, V. (2026). Lysimeter data from a tillage experiment at Zurich-Reckenholz [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20825203