Mixed Upland Micromet
Station
Site
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SITE
DESCRIPTION
Location:
45° 56.53' N, 90° 16.48'
W (click here for
topo map)
Elevation:
approx. 470 m above sea level
Annual Average Precipitation/Snowfall
(Park Falls, 1961-1990): 81.8 / 126.2 cm
Annual Average Temperature
(Park Falls, 1961-1990): 4.8°C
Species Composition:
Mixed deciduous/coniferous
Soils: coarse
glacial till (click here
for profile description)
Established:
23 September 1997
BASIC MEASUREMENTS
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Air temperature and relative humidity
(1.5 m)
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Wind speed and direction (2.5 m)
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Below-canopy photosynthetically active
radiation (PAR, 2.6 m)
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Soil temperature and moisture (surface,
5, 10, 20, 50, 100 cm)
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Soil temperature (10, 25, 100 cm)
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Soil moisture on hillslope (15 and 30
m from tripod, on N and S facing slopes)
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Tree stem temperature (balsam fir, north
and south facing)
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Snow depth
EQUIPMENT AND METHODS
CSI Tripod
(2 m)
CSI CR10X
datalogger, 1 Mb extended memory
CSI AM416
multiplexer
Type
T thermocouples (soil/tree temperatures)
CSI 107
soil temperature probes
CSI 10TCRXTCR
Thermocouple reference thermistor
CSI CS615
Soil water content reflectometer probes
LI-COR
Quantum sensor (PAR)
Met One
windset
Vaisale
HMP35C Temperature/Relative humidity probe
CSI SR50
Sonic ranging snow depth sensor
Solarex
VLX-53 solar panel and 12VDC deep cycle battery
Sampling Frequencies:
1 second - PAR
10 seconds - meteorological
measurements (air T/RH, wind speed/direction)
10 minutes - soil
and other measurements
Data Output: 10 minute
averages
VIEW
PLOTS (You will need Ghost
View to view these PostScript plots)
FTP
DATA
Page by Bruce Cook. Please send comments or questions to Kelly Cherrey
