Setting
Soil
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Loamy. Seems to be covered in litter and knees length undergrowth. Seems to be moist. The undergrowth and the litter seems to hold in the moisture.
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A gravel road right next to the tower to the east.
Canopy structure
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Aspens interspersed with some pines.
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More of the pines are towards the east. On the other side of the approach road. Seems dense.
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Less dense to the west and taller Aspens.
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Seems to have bushes about a meter high.
Mean canopy height
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Around the tower, about 10 m tall Aspens. And some pines.
Structural elements
Topography
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Looks like a flat ground.
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Tower in sort of a clearing, walkway to the west.
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Seems like a trough to the south west, with taller aspens.
Altitude, Slope and aspect at site
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476 m asl
Topographical setting in surrounding
Local wind direction with respect to synoptic setting
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Appears to align with synoptic setting
Instrumentation
Summary from NCAR incl. Sensor heights, installation angles etc.
Air flow through infrastructure?
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None.
Visible tower motion?
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Appears to be guyed pretty sturdy; no visible tower motion
Visible issues?
Adequate to capture possible sub-canopy flows, storage etc.?
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Three levels of measurements. Similar to the other SW sites. Lower one very close to the tower body ( 2ft from the tower).
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EC Sensors seem adequate to capture the large eddies from the top canopy.
