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Metadata Input

Joe-Wagstaff edited this page Apr 20, 2024 · 17 revisions

A collection of site descriptors and variables are required for the processing of the CRNS data Below shows the metadata inputs.

NAME UNITS DESCRIPTION REQUIRED
COUNTRY - Country code for location of site Yes
SITENUM - Assigned number for site Yes
INSTALL_DATE - Date of site installation No
LONGITUDE degrees Longitude of site Yes
LATITUDE degrees Latitude of site Yes
ELEV m Elevation of site above sea level Yes
TIMEZONE - Timezone of the site No
RC gv Cutoff Rigidity of the site No
LW % (0:1) Percent Lattice Water from site specific calibration data (as a number between 0 and 1) Yes
SOC % (0:1) Percent Soil Organic Carbon from site specific calibration data (as a number between 0 and 1) Yes
BD g/cm3 Bulk Density from site specific calibration data Yes
N0 - Theoretic maximum neutron count for site (dry conditions) Yes
AGBWEIGHT kg/m2 Live woody above ground biomass estimates from ECMWF biomass data No
BETA_COEFF - Store of the calculated beta coefficient (see pressure calculations) for each individual site Yes
REFERENCE_PRESS mb Reference pressure calculated using elevation Yes
RAW_DATA_FILEPATH - Filepath of the raw data Yes
MAX_PRECIPITATION cm Maximum value of precipitation. Values above this are cut off No
SM_MAX cm3/cm3 Maximum value of SM. Values above this are cut off No

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