Regional Hydroclimate Project:
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CEOP_AP
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formerly known as CAMP (CEOP Asian Monsoon Project)
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Mongolia
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A6
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Name:Ichirow kaihotsu
Affiliation:
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Department of Natural Environmental Sciences,
Sougoukagaku-bu, Hiroshima University
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1-7-1 Higashi-hiroshima,Hiroshima,739-8521, Japan
Telephone: +81-824-24-6497
Fax: +81-824-24-0758
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A6 | 46 16' 57.6''| 106 15' 52.1''| 1407 m
Mongolia Regional Map (click for full resolution):
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Google Earth .kmz file of CEOP_AP Mongolia Reference Site stations
Station Description:
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General Description:
To develop and verify algorithms for satellite remotesensing of soil moisture by microwave radiometers "AMSR" and "AMSR-E", soil moisture conditions and related meteorological/hydrological factors are being monitored by automatic stations spread in the Mongolian Plateau, where high quality data are expected to be obtained because of relatively uniform ground-surface-conditions.
Station Operator:
These data are obtained under the framework of JAXA-JRA "Ground Truth for Evaluation of Soil Moisture and Geophysical/Vegetation parameters Related to Ground Surface Conditions with AMSR and GLI in the Mongolian Plateau" (PI : Prof. I. Kaihotsu, Hiroshima Univ.) and is partnership with Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Nature and Environment, Mongolia.
Vegetation and Land Use:
Dominant land cover at the measurement location: No information
Canopy height: No information
Density of Canopy: No information.
Land cover within 50 m of site: No information.
Land cover within 500 m of site: No information.
Land cover within 12 km of site: No information.
Seasonal land cover changes: No information.
Major changes in land cover at site from October 2002 to December 2004: No information.
Slope at the site: No information.
Other notes: None
Soil Type and Characterization:
Surface soil type: No information.
Soil type in deeper layers: No information.
Surface soil porosity: No information.
Soil porosity in deeper layers: No information.
Soil infiltration rate: No information.
Bulk Dry Density: No information.
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: No information.
The Soil Reference Group(s) (from World Reference Base for Soil Resources): No information.
Climate:
No information.
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SURFACE METEOROLOGY AND RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
- Soil temperature - 3 and 10 cm depths - thermometer
- Soil moisture - 3 and 10 cm depths - Trime IT
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No data of this type available at this station.
METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
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No data of this type available at this station.
FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
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No data of this type available at this station.
SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
Example of the soil sensors used at the Mongolia Reference Site (click for full resolution):
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RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
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No data of this type available at this station.
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Web:
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None provided.
Literature:
- MAHASRI (13 March 2007; Washington, DC, USA)
- Mongolia Soil Moisture Measurement Accuracy (Word Abstract) (13 March 2007; Washington, DC, USA)
- Mongolia Soil Moisture Measurement Accuracy (PDF Poster) (13 March 2007; Washington, DC, USA)
- Introduction to CAMP Quality Control Data System (27 February 2006; Paris, France)
- GAME/CAMP (10 March 2004; Irvine, California, USA)
- GAME/CAMP (02 April 2003; Berlin, Germany)
- CAMP Mongolia 31 March 2003; Berlin Germany)
- CAMP Mongolia (6 March 2002; Tokyo, Japan)