Sample LBA Reference Site data for CEOP This metadata file describes the sample LBA data for Para forest 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 Para Forest site - "Caxiuana" - Excel files: CAXAWS.XLS ; CAXEDDY.XLS (1deg 43'11" S; 51deg 27'32" W) CAXAWS.XLS Data from automatic weather station installed on Caxiuana site Data columns: Year Julian day Local time (decimal hour) Dry bulb T - dry air temperature at 53m , (C Wet bulb T- wet air temperature at 53m, (C Net Rad T, - net radiometer temperature, (C Inc sw rad - Incident Short wave radiation, W/m2 Inc lw rad - Incident long-wave radiation, W/m2 Out sw rad - Reflected short wave radiation, W/m2 Out lw rad - Outgoing long-wave radiation, W/m2 Inc PAR - Incident Photosyntheticaly Active Radiation (PAR), (mol/m2/s Out PAR - Reflected Photosyntheticaly Active Radiation (PAR), (mol/m2/s Windspeed - horizontal wind velocity (m/s) Stdev dry T - Standard deviation of dry air temperature Stdev inc sw - Standard deviation of Incident Short wave radiation Stdev PAR inc - standard deviation of incident PAR Stdev PAR out - standard deviation of reflected PAR Stdev windspeed - standard deviation of wind speed Rain - precipitation, (mm) Resultant mean windspeed - Resultant mean windspeed (m/s) Resultant mean wind direction - Resultant mean wind direction, (degrees) Stdev wind direction - standard deviation of wind direction Soil temp 1 - soil temperature at 5 cm, oC Air temp 1 - air temperature at 16m, (C Air temp 2 - air temperature at 32m, (C CAXEDDY.XLS Data from eddy correlation system installed on Caxiuana site Data columns: Day of Year Year Month Day of month Day of week Local time (decimal hour) H - sensible heat flux, W/m2 LE - latent heat flux, W/m2 E - Water flux, mmol/m2/s FCO2 - CO2 flux, (mol/m2/s Momtmflux - Momentum flux u* - friction velocity, m/s M-O lenght - Monin-Obukhov stability parameter Var u - variance of u component Var v - variance of v component Var w - variance of w component Var t - variance of air temperature Var c - variance of CO2 concentration Var h - variance of H2O concentration av u - average of u component, m/s av v - average of v component, m/s av w - average of w component, m/s av t - average of air temperature, (C av c - average of CO2 concentration, ppm av h - average of H2O concentration, g/m3 windspeed - mean horizontal wind velocity, m/s Wind dir - mean wind direction, degrees For additional information please contact: Paulo Jorge de Oliveira UFPa-UEo e-mail: pjosouza@aol.com