Abstract

HERNANDEZ-GUZMAN, Francisco Javier; CLEVES-LEGUIZAMO, José Alejandro  and  DIAZ-ALMANZA, Eliecer David. A methodological proposal for quality control of the soil moisture variable, measured in Colombian automatic agrometeorological stations. Rev. Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellín [online]. 2022, vol.75, n.3, pp.10023-10036.  Epub Sep 30, 2022. ISSN 0304-2847.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rfnam.v75n3.99145.

Methodological criteria for data quality control with geophysical range and spectrum consistency were evaluated, establishing flags and quality indicators for soil moisture data records, in a range of depths between 10, 30, and 50 cm, from automatic agro-meteorological stations located in the most important agricultural regions of Colombia. Data for analysis were collected from 105 stations of the IDEAM network, in an observation window from 2001-2020. The results showed that 40.3% of the soil moisture data were of good quality, 12.9% were questionable due to spectrum flags, 14.3% were questionable due to geophysical range and 32% were erroneous because the values were not possible and/or missing. The depth closest to the surface had the highest number of quality flags, suggesting that the soil layer has the highest error detection rate associated with soil moisture condition recording; the most common quality flag was C02: "Soil moisture >60% & ≤100%", detected in 93% of the sensors, and the second most frequent flag was C01: "Soil moisture ≥0% & <3%". It was concluded that the proposed methodology provides highly satisfactory results in the detection of anomalous soil moisture records, in order to make adjustments to the environmental conditions of Colombia.

Keywords : Agrometeorology; Physical limits; Soil moisture; Spectrum consistency.

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