Long term monitoring of near surface soil temperature in the french Alps part of ORCHAMP observatory

Monitoring of near-surface soil temperature in seasonaly snow-covered, mountain ecosystems located in the French Alps. Data are part the ORCHAMP project. Data include a GPS position, a date and time in UTC and a near-surface soil temperature (in °C) measured at 5 cm belowground using stand-alone temperature data logger. The first sensors were installed in 2016. Data collection is still in progress and new sites are added every year since 2016.