Land Cover and Soils Questionnaire

The following questionnaire is being utilized to collect a set of land cover and soils information from every station at every CEOP Reference Site. You will need to fill out a separate form for every station at your reference site. Each Reference Site is requested to provide responses to the "Minimum Requirements" section. Each Reference Site may also respond to the "Enhanced Information" section, but the BALTEX Lindenberg, CAMP Tongyu, GAPP Bondville and MDB Reference Sites are specifically requested to provide responses to this section. After an initial study is completed, further information requirements will be determined and additional metadata may be requested.

Please fill out as completely as possible the sections that are required for your reference site. Once you have completed filling out your required sections click on the Preview Response button at the bottom of this web page. A summary of your responses will then appear above this questionnaire. Please check over your response for any errors or omissions and change as desired. In order for your response to be registered, you must click on the Confirm button on that page after you are satisfied with your responses.

 
Minimum Requirements - All Reference Sites are requested to fill out this portion
Which CEOP Continental Scale Experiment (CSE) and Reference Site are these responses related to?:
Which Station at the Reference Site are these responses related to?:
Soils Minimum Requirement
Surface sand, silt and clay percentages; or texture class
Surface porosity (%)
Land Cover Minimum Requirement
Dominant land cover at the ground measurement location (detailed description or USGS class preferred; other classification optional, but specify)
Has there been a major change in land cover at the ground measurement site during the period from 1 October 2002 to 31 December 2004 (e.g. deforestation, crop rotation, fires, etc)? If yes, please provide details.
Elevation Minimum Requirement
Elevation (m) at the ground measurement location
 
Enhanced Information - All Reference Sites may fill out this section, but BALTEX Lindenberg, CAMP Tongyu, GAPP Bondville and MDB are specifically requested to fill out this section.
Soils Enhanced Information
Textures in deeper soil layers
Layer sand, silt and clay percentages; or texture class
Porosity (%) in deeper soil layers
Soil infiltration rate (mm/hr)
Bulk dry density (g/cm3)
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (cm/s)
Soil Reference Group(s) (from World Reference Base for Soil Resources)
Land Cover Enhanced Information
Land cover (approximate percentages of each type) within 50 m of the measurement location
(detailed description or USGS class preferred; other classification optional, but specify)
Land cover (approximate percentages of each type) within 500 m of the measurement location (1 km pixel)
(detailed description or USGS class preferred; other classification optional, but specify)
Land cover (approximate percentages of each type) within 12 km of the measurement location (1/4 degree pixel)
(detailed description or USGS class preferred; other classification optional, but specify)
Are there seasonal land cover changes at this station (e.g. greening/harvesting, etc)? If yes, please provide details. Also provide typical or maximum seasonal LAI values.
Elevation Enhanced Information
Slope at the ground measurement location
Mean elevation (m) and range of elevations in 1 km pixel