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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Peleliu
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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: 7.04139 N
Longitude: 134.26861 E
Elevation: 2.00 m a.s.l.
Regional and Island Maps (click for full resolution):
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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.
Peleliu Site (click for full resolution):
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: Grassland
Canopy height: About 10 cm.
Density of Canopy: No information.
Land cover within 50 m of site: Ocean (50%), Tropical rain forest (40%), Grassland (10%).
Land cover within 500 m of site: Ocean (80%), Tropical rain forest (20%).
Land cover within 12 km of site: Ocean (95%), Tropical rain forest (5%).
Seasonal land cover changes: No information.
Major changes in land cover at site from October 2002 to December 2004: None.
Slope at the site: No information.
Other notes: None
Soil Type and Characterization:
Surface soil type: Coral sand.
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:
- Station pressure - 1.0 m Young HD9408T
- Air Temperature - 1.65 m Vaisala HMP-45D
- Dew point - 1.65 m derived.
- Relative humidity - 1.65 m Vaisala HMP-45D
- Specific humidity - 1.65 m derived.
- Wind speed - 6 m Young aerovane CYG5103M
- Wind direction - 6 m Young aerovane CYG5103M
- U wind component - 6 m derived.
- V wind component - 6 m derived.
- Precipitation - 1.5 m Young siphon raingauge CYT-50202
- Snow depth - Not measured.
- Incoming shortwave radiation - 6.0 m Eppley PSP
- Outgoing shortwave radiation - Not measured.
- Incoming longwave radiation - 6.0 m Eppley PIR
- 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.
Peleliu Instrumentatation (click for full resolution):
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The sensors are mounted on 1.5-m and 1.65-m height arms and a 6-m height mast.
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