Hydrological, pedological, dendrological and meteorological measurements in a blackberry-alder agroforestry system in South Africa

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Hassler, Sibylle K.; Bohn Reckziegel, Rafael; du Toit, Ben; Hoffmeister, Svenja; Kestel, Florian; Kunneke, Anton; Maier, Rebekka; Sheppard, Jonathan P. (2023): Hydrological, pedological, dendrological and meteorological measurements in a blackberry-alder agroforestry system in South Africa. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2023.028

Status

I N R E V I E W : Hassler, Sibylle K.; Bohn Reckziegel, Rafael; du Toit, Ben; Hoffmeister, Svenja; Kestel, Florian; Kunneke, Anton; Maier, Rebekka; Sheppard, Jonathan P. (2023): Hydrological, pedological, dendrological and meteorological measurements in a blackberry-alder agroforestry system in South Africa. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2023.028

Abstract

The described dataset resulted from a joint multidisciplinary measurement campaign in an agroforestry system in the Western Cape region in South Africa. Five participating institutions measured a range of environmental variables to characterise the influence of windbreak trees onto water fluxes, nutrient distribution and microclimate in the adjacent blackberry field. The dataset contains spatially collected soil characteristics, a soil profile description, time series of meteorological measurements as well as soil moisture and matric potential, information on soil hydraulic properties of the soil determined in the laboratory and windbreak characteristics and shape from a point cloud derived from terrestrial LiDAR scanning.

Authors

Hassler, Sibylle K.;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Water and River Basin Management, Chair of Hydrology, Karlsruhe, Germany;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Trace Gases and Remote Sensing, Karlsruhe, Germany
Bohn Reckziegel, Rafael;University of Freiburg, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
du Toit, Ben;Stellenbosch University, Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Hoffmeister, Svenja;Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Water and River Basin Management, Chair of Hydrology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Kestel, Florian;Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., Research Area 1 “Landscape Functioning”, Müncheberg, Germany
Kunneke, Anton;Stellenbosch University, Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Maier, Rebekka;University of Freiburg, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Chair of Soil Ecology, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Sheppard, Jonathan P.;University of Freiburg, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Contact

Hassler, Sibylle K.; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Water and River Basin Management, Chair of Hydrology, Karlsruhe, Germany;

Keywords

terrestrial LIDAR, forestry > agroforestry, land > world > Africa > Southern Africa, monitoring > weather monitoring, pedosphere > soil > soil profile > organic matter, pedosphere > soil > soil texture, pedosphere > soil > soil water > soil moisture, pedosphere > soil > soil water > soil moisture > soil moisture regime, science > natural science > atmospheric science > meteorology > hydrometeorology, science > natural science > soil science, science > natural science > water science > hydrology