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Regional Hydroclimate Project:

CPPA (Climate Prediction Program for the Americas; formerly GAPP)

Reference Site Name:

SGP (Southern Great Plains)

Station Name:

E26 (Extended Facility 26, Cement, OK) This station inactive as of 16 December 2009.

Other Stations at Reference Site:

C1
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
E7
E8
E9
E10
E11
E12
E13
E14
E15
E16
E18
E19
E20
E21
E22
E24
E26
E27

Contact Information:

Name:Steve Williams
Affiliation:
NCAR/EOL
Address:
3450 Mitchell Lane Boulder, CO 80301
E-mail: sfw@ucar.edu
Telephone: (303) 497-8164
Fax: (303) 497-8770

Associated Web Sites:

• ARM Home Page

Station Location, Maps and Google Earth Files:

Latitude: 34.95700 N Longitude: 98.07600 W Elevation: 400 m

ARM SGP Overview Map (click for full resolution):



ARM SGP E26 Area Map (click for full resolution):



E26 Site Map

Google Earth .kmz file of CPPA SGP Reference Site station and radiosonde locations

Station Description:

General Description:

no information

Station Operator:

DOE ARM

Vegetation and Land Use:

Dominanat land cover at the measurement location: pasture

Canopy height: No information

Land cover (approximate percentages of each type) within 50 m of the measurement location: no information

Land cover (approximate percentages of each type) within 500 m of the measurement location (1 km pixel): no information

Land cover (approximate percentages of each type) within 12 km of the measurement location (1/4 degree pixel): no information

Seasonal land cover changes: no information

Major changes in land cover at the site during the CEOP data collection period: No information

Slope at the site: no information

Mean elevation and range of elevations in 1 km pixel: No information

Soil Type and Characterization:

Surface Soil Type: no information

Deeper Layers Soil Type: no information

Surface Soil porosity: no information

Deeper Layers Soil Porosity: no information

Soil infiltration rate: no information

Bulk dry density: no information

Saturated hydraulic conductivity: no information

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:
No data of this type at this station.

METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type at this station.

FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

• Sensible Heat Flux height unspecified; Vaisala Inc., Model #s HMP 35A and HMP 35D at two heights
• Latent Heat Flux height unspecified; Vaisala Inc., Model #s HMP 35A and HMP 35D at two heights
• CO2 Flux not measured
• Soil Heat Flux -0.05 m height; Soil Heat Flow Probes, Radiation & Energy Balance Systems, Inc., Model #s HFT-3, HFT3.1

Further information available on flux data here.

SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type at this station.

RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No data of this type at this station.

Site References

Web:

Literature:

Presentations:

• CPPA (13 March 2007; Washington , DC, USA)
• GAPP (10 March 2004; Irvine, Calif ornia, USA)
• GAPP (31 March 2003; Berlin, Germany)
• GAPP (6 March 2002; Tokyo, Japan)

Data Sets and Documentation:

• 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