Meteorological Instrumentation Setups and Measurements in Mica Creek Watershed

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Meteorological Instrumentation Setups and
Measurements in Mica Creek Watershed

• Wenguang Zhao and Russell J. Qualls

Idaho NSF EPSCoR Project
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A. Tower

• 130ft (40m) high

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B. Instruments on the Tower
1. Q7 net radiometer net radiation. 2. Li-Cor
200X global radiation. 3. Li-Cor 190SB PAR. 4.
HMP45C air temperature humidity. 5. RM Young
5103 wind speed direction. 6. CSAT-3 3D
anemometer. 7. Li-Cor 7500 H2O CO2
concentration 8. TCs air temperature profile
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B. Instruments on the Tower (Cont.)
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C. Subsurface Instruments
1. HFT-3 soil heat fluxes. 2. CS616 soil water
content profiles (6 layers down to 110cm
depth). 3. TCs soil temperature profiles (6
layers down to 110cm depth).
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D. Preliminary Results
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1. Battery Voltage
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2. Air Temperature and Relative Humidity
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3. Air Temperature and Vapor Pressure
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4. Wind Speed
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5. Solar Radiation, Net Radiation PAR
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5. Solar Radiation, Net Radiation PAR (cont)
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6. Soil Water Content
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7. Soil Temperature
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8. Air Temperature Profile
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8. Air Temperature Profile (cont.)
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9. Corresponding Wind Speed
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10. Air Temperature Profile (cont.)
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11. Comparison of 40 m Air Temperature Measured
From HMP and TC
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E. Questions?