CliC BERMS Reference Site Old Black Spruce Station

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Old Black Spruce Other Stations at Reference Site:

Old Aspen

Old Jack Pine

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BERMS Old Black Spruce Local Station Map (click for full resolution):

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Google Earth .kmz file of CliC BERMS Reference Site stations

Station Description:

General Description:

Near White Swan Lake (1.6km in from route 913, 19.2km N of route 120).

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 SBP 270 - in the Hut
Air Temperature 24 m - Platinum Resistance Thermometer in a Met-One Ventilator
Dew point - 24 m - derived
Relative humidity 24 m - Vaisala HMP in a Met-One ventilator
Specific humidity 24 m - derived
Wind speed 26 m - RM Young Propeller Anemometer - mounted on a pipe extending above the top platform of the walk-up tower, 14m above the canopy at 26m agl
Wind direction 26 m - RM Young Propeller Anemometer - mounted on a pipe extending above the top platform of the walk-up tower, 14m above the canopy at 26m agl
U wind component 26 m - derived
V wind component 26 m - derived
Precipitation - Height unknown - Manually corrected Belfort 3000 precipitation
Snow depth - Height unknown - Ultrasonic Depth Gauge SR50 - Mounted above a wooden platform on the East side of the hut.
Incoming shortwave radiation - 25 m - Kipp & Zonen CM11 - top of walk-up tower, mounted on railing facing southward 15m above the canopy at 25m agl.
Outgoing shortwave radiation - 20 m - Kipp & Zonen CM11 - on an extended boom attached to walk-up tower, facing south 10m above the canopy at 20m agl.
Incoming longwave radiation - 25 m - derived from body and dome temperatures measured by the downwelling longwave sensor, as well as Global Shortwave
Outgoing longwave radiation - 20 m - derived from body and dome temperatures measured by the upwelling longwave sensor , as well as upwelling shortwave
Net radiation 20 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) - 25 m - Li-Cor LI 190SB - top of walk-up tower, mounted on railing facing southward 15m above the canopy at 25m agl.
Outgoing Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - 31 m - Li-Cor LI 190SB - on an extended boom attached to walk-up tower, facing southward 10m above the canopy at 20m agl.

METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Station pressure 2m - Setra
Air Temperature 1, 6, 24 (stopped July 2003), 25 - Vaisala HMP
Dew point - 1, 6, 24 (stopped July 2003), 25 - derived
Relative humidity 1, 6, 24 (stopped July 2003), 25 - Vaisala HMP
Specific humidity 1, 6, 24 (stopped July 2003), 25 - derived
Wind speed 4, 26 m - RM Young Gill Cup Wheel Anemometer at 4 m and RM Young Propeller Anemometer at 26 m
Wind direction 26 m - RM Young Propeller Anemometer
U wind component 26 m - derived
V wind component 26 m - derived

FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

CO2 Flux - 25 m - no instrumentation information
Latent Heat Flux - 25 m - no instrumentation information
Sensible Heat Flux - 25 m - no instrumentation information
Soil Heat Flux - 0 m - no instrumentation information

SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Soil temperature at NE Station 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 cm depths - Campbell Scientific Copper-Constantan 105T thermocouple - below the moss layer in a pit NE of the Hut
Soil temperature at NW Station 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 cm depths - Queen.s Univ-made soil temperature rod. - below the moss layer in a pit NW of the Hut.
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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