! Read me file for SASMAS site M3 'Merriwa Park' !


Landholder: Martin Nixon 
	    02 6548 2225 


Site charachteristics: 

Elevation 305m*
Latitude 32° 6’ 42’’E
Longitude 150° 22’ 29’’E
Aspect n/a
Slope n/a
Soil Depth <900mm
Instruments 2xCS616, 2xTDR, 1xT107
Soil Type (0-300mm) Clay Loam (36/43/21%) (clay/silt/sand)
Soil Type (300-600mm) (Clay Loam)
Soil Type (600-900mm) ---
P0.4 (0-300mm) 37.1620µs
P0.4 (300-600mm) (37.1620µs)
P0.4 (600-900mm) ---
Salinity* 0.290dS/m

Site setup: 27/09/2002
1 Temperature sensor T107, installed vertically, between 12 and 18cm
2 Soil moisture reflectometre CS616, installed vertically at 0-30cm, 30-60cm
1 Campbell Scientific Data Logger
1 Stevens hydraprobe installed vertically between 0 and 5cm
1 Thermistor installed vertically between 0 and 5cm
1 Tipping bucket raingauge

* as determined via a 5:1 solution