Monitoring


VariableSampling frequency
Climatic parameters15 minute through two weather stations
RunoffHourly & daily; specific storms at one location
Surface soil moistureOnce in 10 days at 50 plots; At two locations half hourly
Profile soil moistureOnce in 10 days at 50 plots; At two locations 15 minute
sampling gauges
Groundwater levels200 BWs at 10 day to 1 month
Groundwater chemistrySeasonal at selected points
Soil parametersSeveral locations one/two times for soil analyses
Crop growth parameters10 day sampling of crop variables (e.g. LAI) in 60 plots
Remote Sensing30+ images of microwave satellite (RADARSAT-2) for soil
moisture, LAI retrieval and soil hydraulic property (SHP)
estimation; few images of optical remote sensing (IRS
LISS IV) for LULC