The soil moisture initialization experiment is composed of two sets of simulations. The first set consists of one reference simulation (REF) for the period 1995--2008. It's initial states were taken from
The soil moisture network comprises all stations where soil moisture and soil temperature were measured during COPS. The stations were operated by different groups and differ partly concerning sensor type,
Measurement systems available at supersite H (instrument type, operating institution): Lidar, DIAL, University Hohenheim; Lidar, Raman, University Hohenheim; Lidar, Doppler, University Karlsruhe/ Forschungszentrum