CEOP_AP Northern South China Sea - Southern Japan Reference Site Taichung Station

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Regional Hydroclimate Project:

formerly known as CAMP (CEOP Asian Monsoon Project)

Reference Site Name:

Northern South China Sea - Southern Japan Station Name:

Taichung Other Stations at Reference Site:

Contact Information:

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Data Management Contact:

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Affiliation:

Depertment of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University

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Office of Taiwan Moonsoon Experiment S1-707, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Chung-Li, 32001, Taiwan

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Station Location, Maps and Google Earth Files:

Google Earth .kmz file of Northern South China Sea - Southern Japan Reference Site stations

Station Description:

General Description:

Station Operator: Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan

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.

CEOP Parameters Measured and Instrumentation:

SURFACE METEOROLOGY AND RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Station pressure - 1.5 m Setra Model 270
Air Temperature - 1.5 m MetOne T-200
Dew point - 1.5 m Pt1000
Relative humidity - 1.5 m MetOne DP-200B
Specific humidity - 1.5 m derived.
Wind speed - 17.2 m RM Young Model 05103
Wind direction - 17.2 m RM Young Model 05103
U wind component - 17.2 m derived.
V wind component - 17.2 m derived.
Precipitation - 0.5 m TK-1
Snow depth - Not measured.
Incoming shortwave radiation - Not measured.
Outgoing shortwave radiation - Not measured.
Incoming longwave radiation - Not measured.
Outgoing longwave radiation - Not measured.
Net radiation - Not measured.
Skin temperature - Not measured.
Incoming Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Not measured.
Outgoing Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Not measured.

METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type available at this station.

FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type available at this station.

SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Soil temperature (0, 5, 10, 20, and 30, cm depths) - thermometer
Soil moisture - Not measured.

RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type available at this station.

Site References

None provided.

Literature:

Presentations:

MAHASRI (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 NSCSSJ 31 March 2003; Berlin Germany)
CAMP NSCSSJ (6 March 2002; Tokyo, Japan)

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