CEOP_AP Siberia Taiga Reference Site Larch Forest Station

The goal of the GAME-Siberia project is to clarify the characteristics and processes of water accumulation and transfer and their relation with the energy cycle, in the atmosphere-land surface interface of cold environments from the seasonal to the inter-annual time scale.

View from the Larch Forest tower (click for full resolution):

Station Operator: Institute of Observational Research for Global Change

Vegetation and Land Use:

Dominant land cover at the measurement location: Larch Forest

Canopy height: About 18m

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: sandy soil

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 - 1.2 m Vaisala Analog Barometer PTB101
Air Temperature - 32 m Vaisala HMP-35D
Dew point - 32 m derived.
Relative humidity - 32 m Vaisala HMP-35D
Specific humidity - 32 m derived.
Wind speed - 32 m Makino AC750
Wind direction - 32 m Makino VR036
U wind component - 32 m derived.
V wind component - 32 m derived.
Precipitation - Not measured.
Snow depth - 3 m Campbell SR-50
Incoming shortwave radiation - 32 m Kipp & Zonen CM6F
Outgoing shortwave radiation - 28 m Kipp & Zonen CM6F
Incoming longwave radiation - 32 m EKO Pyradiometer MS-202F
Outgoing longwave radiation - 28 m EKO Pyradiometer MS-202F
Net radiation 1.2 m REBS net radiometer Q7
Skin temperature - 1.2 m Everest 4000GL
Incoming Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Not measured.
Outgoing Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Not measured.
Larch Forest tower (click for full resolution):

METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Station pressure - 1.2 m Vaisala Analog Barometer PTB101
Air Temperature - 1.8, 6, 24 and 32 m Vaisala HMP-35D
Dew point - 1.8, 6, 24 and 32 m derived.
Relative humidity - 1.8, 6, 24 and 32 m Vaisala HMP-35D
Specific humidity - 1.8, 6, 24 and 32 m derived.
Wind speed - 2, 6, 24.8 and 32 m Makino AC750
Wind direction - 32 m Makino VR036
U wind component - 32 m derived.
V wind component - 32 m derived.

FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION: The eddy covariance technique is utilized.

Sensible Heat Flux Not measured.
Latent Heat Flux Not measured.
CO2 Flux Not measured.
Soil Heat Flux (5 cm depth; EKO MF-81

SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Soil temperature (0, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 120 cm depths) - Hayashi denko Pt100
Soil moisture (10, 20, 40, 60, and 80 cm depths) IMKO TRIME-IT

RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type available at this station.

Site References

None provided.

Literature:

Ohta, T., T. Hiyama, H. Tanaka, T. Kuwada, T. C. Maximov, T. Ohata and Y. Fukushima (2001).Seasonal variation in the energy and water exchanges above and below a larch forest in Eastern Siberia..HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES. 15, 1459-1476.

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

Data Sets and Documentation: