Sample LBA Reference Site data for CEOP

This metadata file describes the sample LBA data for Pantanal site.

CONTACT:

     Jose Marengo
     CPTEC/INPE
     Rodovia Presidente Dutra, km 39
     12630-000 Cachoeira Paulista
     Sao Paulo, Brazil

     Telephone: +55 12 560 8464
     Facsimile: +55 12 560 8542
     E-mail: marengo@cptec.inpe.br

Pantanal site - "IPE"   - Excel files: IPEAWS.XLS ;  IPEFLUX.XLS
(19deg 33'48,2''S; 57deg 00'53,8''W)

IPEAWS.XLS
Data from automatic weather station installed on IPE site
Data columns:
Year
GMT (hours) (= Local Time + 4 hs)
Local time (decimal hour)
U - horizontal wind velocity (m/s)
Udir - wind direction, degrees
Precip - precipitation, mm
Pressure - air pressure, hPa
Tair - Air temperature, oC
R.H. - realtive humidity, %
G_2cm - Soil heat flux at 2 cm, , W/m2
G_5cm - Soil heat flux at 2 cm, , W/m2
PARi_4m - Incident PAR at 4 m, (mol/m2/s
PARo_4m - Reflected PAR at 4 m, (mol/m2/s
PARi_21m - Incident PAR at 21 m, (mol/m2/s
PARo_21m - Reflected PAR at 21 m, (mol/m2/s
Si_4m - Incident Short wave radiation at 4 m, W/m2
So_4m - Reflected Short wave radiation at 4 m, W/m2
Si_21m - Incident Short wave radiation at 21 m, W/m2
So_21m - Incident Short wave radiation at 21 m, W/m2
Rn_4m - Net radiation at 4 m, W/m2
Rn_21m - Net radiation at 21 m, W/m2

IPEFLUX.XLS
Data from eddy correlation system installed on IPE site
Data columns:
Year
Day of Year
GMT (hours) (= Local Time + 4 hs)
H - sensible heat flux, W/m2
LEkr - latent heat flux measured with Khrypton sensor, W/m2
LElic  - latent heat flux measured with Licor IRGA, W/m2
FCO2 - CO2 flux, , (mol/m2/s
U - mean horizontal wind velocity, m/s 
Tv - virtual air temperature, oC
H2O_kr- concentration of H2O in air measured by Khrypton sensor, g/m3 
H2O_lic- concentration of H2O in air measured by Licor IRGA, g/m3 
CO2 conc - concentration of CO2 in air, (mol/mol
u* - friction velocity, m/s 
z/L - Monin-Obukhov stability parameter


For additional information please contact:

Celso von Randow
CPTEC/INPE
e-mail: randow@cptec.inpe.br