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Regional Hydroclimate Project:

LBA (Large-Scale Biosphere - Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia)

Reference Site Name:

Rondonia

Station Name:

FNS

Other Stations at Reference Site:

None.

Contact Information:

Name:Antonio Ocimar Manzi
Affiliation:
LBA Implementation Manager / Central Office Coordinator
INPA
Address:
Av. André Araújo, 2936 - Alojamento nº 09 - Petrópolis
Cx. Postal 478
69011-970 Petrópolis
Manaus, Brazil

E-mail: manzi@inpa.gov.br
Telephone: +55(92)643-3255 / 236-5205
Fax: +55(92)643-3238/ 236-5131

Associated Web Sites:

• LBA Home Page

Station Location, Maps and Google Earth Files:

Latitude: -10.77402
Longitude: -62.33741
Elevation: 293 m

LBA Regional Map (click for full resolution):



Regional and Area Maps (click for full resolution):



Google Earth .kmz file of LBA Reference Site stations

Station Description:

General Description:

No information.

Station Operator:

No information.

Vegetation and Land Use:

Dominant land cover at the measurement location: No information.

Canopy height: No information.

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: 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:

No information.

CEOP Parameters Measured and Instrumentation:

SURFACE METEOROLOGY AND RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:
• Station pressure - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Air Temperature - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Dew point - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Relative humidity - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Specific humidity - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Wind speed - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Wind direction - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• U wind component - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• V wind component - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Precipitation - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Snow depth - Not measured.
• Incoming shortwave radiation - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Outgoing shortwave radiation - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Incoming longwave radiation - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Outgoing longwave radiation - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Net radiation measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Skin temperature - Not measured.
• Incoming Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.
• Outgoing Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - measured; height and instrumentation not provided.

Rondonia Tower (click for full resolution):


METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No information.

FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

• Sensible heat flux - 4.04 m instrumentation not provided
• Latent Heat flux - 4.04 m instrumentation not provided
• CO2 Flux - 4.04 m instrumentation not provided
• Soil heat flux - Not measured.

SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

• Soil temperature - 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cm depths instrumentation not provided
• Soil moisture - 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 100 cm depth instrumentation not provided

RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

No information.

Site References

Web:
None provided.

Literature:

None provided.

Presentations:

• LBA (10 March 2004; Irvine, CA, USA)
• LBA (31 March 2003; Berlin, Germany)
• LBA (2 April 2003; Berlin, Germany)
• LBA (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