SoMMet test field sites

Purpose

The SoMMet project combined work performed in metrology laboratories with research conducted in natural environments. Three so-called high-level test field sites were selected and used for this purpose.

Each site was used for the following purposes:

  • Development of validation practices for CRNS methods under outdoor conditions
  • Joint measurement campaigns using different soil moisture assessment methods:
    • Point-scale soil moisture sensors
    • CRNS systems
    • Remote-sensing data
  • Comparison of soil moisture measurement methods, including their limitations and differing spatial and temporal characteristics

The three test field sites

The SoMMet consortium selected the following test field sites, listed in alphabetical order:

Apulian Tavoliere

Organizing SoMMet partner: CNR
Region, Country: Apulia Region, Italy
Location (latitude-longitude of the centre): 41.460, 15.501
Land use: agricultural (tomato, durum wheat)

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Bondeno

Organizing SoMMet partner: UNIBO
Region, Country: Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
Location (latitude-longitude of the centre): 44.8552, 11.3772
Land use: agricultural (walnut orchards)

Marquardt

Organizing SoMMet partner: UP DE
Site operator: Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB), Potsdam-Bornim
Region, Country: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Location (latitude-longitude of the centre): 52.466, 12.958
Land use: agricultural (crops, orchard, grass) 

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