CliC BERMS Reference Site Old Aspen Station

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Old Aspen Other Stations at Reference Site:

Old Black Spruce

Old Jack Pine

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Station Description:

General Description:

south end of P.A. National Park

Station Operator: No information.

Vegetation and Land Use:

Dominant land cover at the measurement location: No information.

Canopy height: 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 during CEOP data collection period: No information.

Slope at the site: No information.

Other notes: No information.

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:

CEOP Parameters Measured and Instrumentation:

SURFACE METEOROLOGY AND RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Station pressure 2m - Setra
Air Temperature 37 m - Vaisala HMP - on top of walk-up tower, mounted on north railing 16m above the aspen canopy at 37m agl.
Dew point - 37 m - derived
Relative humidity 37 m - Vaisala HMP - on top of walk-up tower, mounted on north railing 16m above the aspen canopy at 37m agl.
Specific humidity 37 m - derived
Wind speed 38 m - RM Young Propeller Anemometer- mounted on a pipe extending above the top platform of the walk-up tower, 17m above the aspen canopy at 38m agl
Wind direction 38 m - RM Young Propeller Anemometer- mounted on a pipe extending above the top platform of the walk-up tower, 17m above the aspen canopy at 38m agl
U wind component 38 m - derived
V wind component 38 m - derived
Precipitation - Height unknown - Manually computed annual accumulated Belfort 5915 or 3000 precipitation
Snow depth - Height unknown - Ultrasonic Depth Gauge SR50 - in a 25m clearing, (instrument moved from Far Clearing to Near Clearing 000924).
Incoming shortwave radiation - 37 m - Kipp & Zonen CM11 - on top of walk-up tower, mounted on a railing facing southward 16m above the aspen canopy at 37m agl
Outgoing shortwave radiation - 31 m - Kipp & Zonen CM11 - on an extended boom attached to the walk-up tower, facing southward 10m above the aspen canopy at 31m agl
Incoming longwave radiation - 37 m - derived from body and dome temperatures measured by the downwelling longwave sensor, as well as Global Shortwave
Outgoing longwave radiation - 31 m - derived from body and dome temperatures measured by the upwelling longwave sensor , as well as upwelling shortwave
Net radiation 31 m - derived - Note that these variables have been corrected prior to deriving four way net radiation.
Skin temperature - Not Measured
Incoming Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - 37 m - Li-Cor LI 190SB - on top of walk-up tower, mounted on a railing facing southward 16m above the aspen canopy at 37m
Outgoing Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - 31 m - Li-Cor LI 190SB - on an extended boom attached to the walk-up tower, facing southward 10m above the aspen canopy at 31m agl

METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Station pressure 2m - Setra
Air Temperature 1, 4, 18, 36 (stopped June 2003), 37 m - Vaisala HMP
Dew point - 1, 4, 18, 36 (stopped June 2003), 37 m - derived
Relative humidity 1, 4, 18, 36 (stopped June 2003), 37 m - Vaisala HMP
Specific humidity 1, 4, 18, 36 (stopped June 2003), 37 m - derived
Wind speed 4, 38 m - RM Young Gill Cup Wheel Anemometer at 4 m and RM Young Propeller Anemometer at 38 m
Wind direction 38 m - RM Young Propeller Anemometer
U wind component 38 m - derived
V wind component 38 m - derived

FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

CO2 Flux - 39 m - no instrumentation information
Latent Heat Flux - 39 m - no instrumentation information
Sensible Heat Flux - 39 m - no instrumentation information
Soil Heat Flux - 0 m - no instrumentation information

SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Soil temperature at NW Station 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 cm depths - UBC-made Copper-Constantan Thermocouple - in a pit north of Hut B.
Soil temperature at SW Station 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 cm depths - UBC-made Copper-Constantan Thermocouple - in a pit south of Hut A.
Soil moisture Not measured at either location.

RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Soundings are provdied from the The Pas station in Manitoba (WMO ID 71867; 53.97N and 101.10W). Data are mandatory and signficant level. Data are typically available at 0000 and 1200 UTC daily.

OTHER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No other measurements available.

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