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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Western Pacific Ocean
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Aimeliik
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Name:Ryuichi Shirooka
Affiliation:
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Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Institute of Observational Research for Global Change
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2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, JAPAN
Telephone: +81-46-867-9821
Fax: +81-46-867-9255
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Name:Hisayuki Kubota
Affiliation:
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Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change
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2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka, 237-0061 JAPAN
Telephone: +81-46-867-9823
Fax: +81-46-867-9255
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Latitude: 7.45194 N
Longitude: 134.47639 E
Elevation: 40.00 m a.s.l.
Regional and Island Maps (click for full resolution):
Google Earth .kmz file of Western Pacific Ocean Reference Site stations
Station Description:
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General Description:
The western tropical Pacific is a key area for global climate systems especially on ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) events. To understand the mechanism of clouds-precipitation processes and air-sea interactions over the warm water pool in the tropical region, IROGC (former FORSGC) conducted continuous surface weather observation since 2000 around the Republic of Palau.
Station Operator: Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (IORGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Vegetation and Land Use:
Dominant land cover at the measurement location: Gravel
Canopy height: None
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: Gravel
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: The sensors are mounted on a 2-m and a 5-m masts.
- Station pressure - 1.0 m Vaisala PTB210
- Air Temperature - 1.5 m Vaisala HMP-45D
- Dew point - 1.5 m derived.
- Relative humidity - 1.5 m Vaisala HMP-45D
- Specific humidity - 1.5 m derived.
- Wind speed - 4 m Young aerovane CYG5130M
- Wind direction - 4 m Young aerovane CYG5130M
- U wind component - 4 m derived.
- V wind component - 4 m derived.
- Precipitation - 0.5 m MW010
- Snow depth - Not measured.
- Incoming shortwave radiation - 2.0 m EIKO MS402
- 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:
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No data of this type available at this station.
FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION: The eddy covariance technique is utilized.
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No data of this type available at this station.
SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
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No data of this type available at this station.
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:
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None provided.
- 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 Western Pacific Ocean (6 March 2002; Tokyo, Japan)
- EOP-3/4 and beyond Data Sets and Documentation
- Surface Meteorological Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
- Soil Temperature and Moisture Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
- Flux Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
- Meteorological Tower Data: Current Status and Browse Plots
- EOP-1 Converted Format Data Sets and Documentation
- EOP-1 Native Format Data Sets and Documentation