Precision lysimeter data: Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station

The data in this repository support the manuscript "Closing the water balance with a precision small-scale field lysimeter," currently being considered for publication at the journal Sensors. The Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station field site, located near Reno, NV, includes two constructed test beds and two lysimeters. One test bed and one lysimeter are filled with native soil from the site; the other test bed and lysimeter are filled with commercial construction sand. The lysimeters are used to directly measure evaporation from the two different soil types in order to better constrain the water balance in the test beds.

Data include meteorological data (preciptation, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and net solar radiation) and lysimeter data (load cell readings, soil moisture, and sump water level readings for two lysimeters).

Methods
Meteorological data include raw data (temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and net radiation) as well as calculated estimates of potential evapotranspiration.

Lysimeter data include raw data (load cell voltage measurements, soil moisture measurements, and drainage stage), as well as calibrated lysimeter measurements.

Precipitation data include tipping bucket tips since last reset and calculated cumulative precipitation since the beginning of monitoring.

Load cell calibration data include load cell voltage readings, known added mass, and calculated calibration parameters.