Physical measurements of soil moisture, river stage, and groundwater levels from Ghana and Burkina Faso 2016-2019 (NERC Grant NE/M008827/1, NE/M008983/1)
The datasets consist of soil moisture (hourly-weekly), river stage (1 min), and groundwater level (hourly) collected as part of the BRAVE project (NE/M008827/1 and NE/M008983/1) to understand the resilience of boreholes in low-yielding aquifers in the River Volta Basin to climate. The data were collected from physical observatories in Sanon (Burkina Faso) and Aniabisi (Ghana). Soil moisture data were logged hourly beneath contrasting land uses and roaming soil moisture surveys were also undertaken across a wider access tube array. River stage was monitored at the catchment outlet in Sanon and groundwater levels were measured in both catchments.
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Geoscientific information
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences:
NGDC Deposited Data
Rivers
Groundwater
Soil water
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Free:
NERC_DDC
-1.7800,
10.8400,
-0.9000,
12.4700
BF, BFA, BURKINA FASO [id=626000]
creation: 2021-10-12
2016-01-01
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2019-12-31
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University of Reading
Professor Rosalind Cornforth
Reading,
RG6 6AR
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Data Quality
Soil moisture data (m3/m3) were collected from 2m access tubes using Sentek logging EnviroSCAN probes or Diviner 2000 roaming surveys. River stage was monitoring in Sanon using an In-Situ Rugged Troll 100 in a stilling well logging at a 1 minute frequency. Groundwater levels were monitoring using In-Situ Rugged Troll 100s that were validated using manual dip measurements to convert them to metres below datum.
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2024-04-24