Description of Data Files

Dates are presented as dd/mm/yyyy throughout.
All depths are in meters.
-999 indicates missing data

• Location: Northern side of the Tanggula Mountains in the Central Tibetan Plateau
• Time Period: Varies per station in general 01/10/1992 - 30/09/1993

• File: all soil data files (basesoil.dat d100soil.dat d105soil.dat tangsoil.dat)
• Columns: Date, 0 cm (C), -5 cm (C), -10 cm (C), -20 cm (C), -40 cm (C), -80 cm (C)
• Format: dd/mm/yyyy,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn

• File: all meteorological data files (d100met.dat d105met.dat tangmet.dat wetlmet.dat)
• Columns: Date, Mean air Temp, Maximum air temp, Minimum air temp, Mean wind speed, Relative Humidity, Global solar radiation, Reflected solar radiation
• Format:dd/mm/yyyy,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn
• Comments: The height of the measurements was approximately 2 m.

• File: basesoil.dat
• Columns: Date, Relative humidity at 1.96 m,Relative humidity at .86 m, Relative humidity at .46 m, Ground surface temp from IR therm, Ground surface temp from thermist., Ground temp at -5 cm, Ground temp at -10 cm
• Format: dd/mm/yyyy,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn

• File: basemet.dat
• Columns: Date, Wind direction, Wind speed at 1.96 m, Wind speed at .86 m, Wind speed at .46 m, Air temp at 1.96 m, Wind speed at .86 m, Wind speed at .46 m
• Format:dd/mm/yyyy,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn

• File: baserad.dat
• Columns: Date, Incoming solar radiation, Reflected solar radiation, Diffused radiation, Net all-wave radiation, Soil heat flux
• Format:dd/mm/yyyy,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn

• File: basemois.dat
• Time period: 16/05/1993- 27/07/1993
• Columns: Date, 0 cm (C), -5 cm (C), -10 cm (C), -20 cm (C), -40 cm (C), -80 cm (C)
• Format:dd/mm/yyyy,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn,nnn.nn
• Comments: This data contains soil moistures measured at three sites near the base camp