Preliminary version requiring further additions and improvements
Capability profile · C
Soil moisture and water balance
PilotExisting analytical tool
Reviewed at · Statuses reflect this review and may change.
1. What this capability does
Present climatic water-balance context and the need for actual soil-moisture measurements.
2. Why it is needed
Weather and water effects depend on location, timing and the crop.
3. Which decisions it can support
Plan sampling and interpret atmospheric water demand.
4. Which data are available
The public territorial interface includes rainfall and reference evapotranspiration; these are not soil-moisture sensor readings.
5. Which data are still needed
Depth-specific moisture, hydraulic properties, rooting, drainage, irrigation and parcel-scale water balance.
6. Who can provide the data
Laboratories, agronomists, sensor operators and agrometeorological institutions.
7. Methods and scientific limitations
Mass balance with explicit inputs and outputs; rainfall minus ET0 is not measured soil moisture.
8. Which outputs it can produce
Water-balance context and assumptions, without an unvalidated estimate of parcel water reserves.
9. Readiness and conditions of use
A public model-context tool; measured moisture and a complete local balance are not available in this view.
Sources and access conditions
Links identify the sources. Source accessibility does not prove integration; official observations, estimates and forecasts must remain distinct. Source titles and metadata are shown as documented.
All 37 ADM1 plus national, area-weighted historical boundary support; observation reference in the audited snapshot: 2026-09-30.
Availability
CONNECTED — admitted existing baseline evidence; this does not connect the source to every planned capability.
Limitations
No crop mask or field representativeness 2026 historical anomalies withheld: source temporal homogeneity unconfirmed ET0 is reference demand, not irrigation availability Latest catalogue dates are not measurement dates; verify the source terms and observation coverage before reuse.
Meteorological/agrometeorological stations and north/centre/south summaries; named stations include Tiraspol and Rîbnița; observation reference in the audited snapshot: 2026-09.
Availability
ACCESSIBLE_NOT_CONNECTED — source discovery only; not a connection to this public service.
Limitations
Station moisture measurements depend on crop, soil depth and observation date. Regional ranges cannot be converted into district observations without methodology. Latest catalogue dates are not measurement dates; verify the source terms and observation coverage before reuse.
Download the public catalogue with dated statuses, descriptions and sources. The SHA-256 digest identifies the exact file displayed; it does not scientifically validate the data.
