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Flux Tower Data Quality Analysis
Dea Doklestic
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Motivation
• North American Monsoon (NAM)– Seasonal large scale reversal of atmospheric
circulation
– Occurs during the summer months due to a large temperature gradient between the ocean surface and the continent
– Characterized by a pronounced increase in precipitation lasting from July to mid/late September
– Centered over northwestern Mexico, but it is also observable in Arizona, New Mexico, southern Colorado and southern Utah
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NAM – Key Features
• Shading: mean (July-September 1979-1995) precipitation in millimeters
• Arrows: lower-tropospheric(925-hPa) vector wind (m s-1)
• Contours: upper-tropospheric (200-
hPa) circulation pattern
• The position of the upper-tropospheric monsoon
anticyclone is indicated by “A”.
Figure from: http://www.cpc.noaa.gov
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2. NAM – precipitation distribution
• Northwestern Mexico shows the strongest monsoon signal, which diminishes through Arizona and New Mexico
• Northeastern Mexico and Texas are not directly influenced by the monsoon –display early summer – late fall precipitation peaks
• West coast shows a typically Mediterranean precipitation distribution – dry summers, wet winters
Figure from Adams and Comrie, 1997 Seasonal distribution of precipitation across southwestern North America
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Land atmosphere coupling in the NAM region
• Do the soil conditions affect precipitation?
– Soil moisture
– Albedo
• If yes, how?
– Positive soil moisture-precipitation mechanism
– Negative soil moisture-precipitation mechanism
– Or something completely different?
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Data
• 4 AmeriFlux towers in Arizona– Audubon Research Ranch (Lat 31.59, Lon -110.50)
– Flagstaff Managed Forest (Lat 35.14, Lon -111.72)
– Flagstaff Unmanaged Forest (Lat 35.08, Lon -111.76)
– Flagstaff Wildfire (Lat 35.44, Lon -111.77)
• Data type – Level 2– Data received from individual sites are reviewed and
incorporated into a network-wide AmeriFlux database. The review process includes checks for consistent units, naming conventions, and reporting intervals and reformatting is often necessary to maintain consistency within the larger network-wide database.
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Measured/computed quantities
• U*
• Tair
• Wind speed and direction
• Latent heat
• Sensible heat
• Ground flux
• Soil temperature (2 depths)
• CO2 flux
• Precipitation
• Relative humidity
• Pressure
• Soil water content ( 2 depths)
• Net radiation
• Longwave radiation(↑,↓)
• Shortwave radiation(↑,↓)
• Canopy storage of latent and sensible heat
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Data Quality Check – Energy Budget
• Rn = S(1 – a) + LW↓ - LW↑
• Rn – SH – LH – Fg = 0
RnSH
LH
Fg
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Energy Budget - residual
Audubon Research Ranch
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Diurnal Cycle (JJA)
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Diurnal Cycle (DJF)
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Energy Budget – residual (continued)
Flagstaff Managed Forest
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Flagstaff Managed ForestDiurnal Cycle (yearly)
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Energy Budget – residual (continued)
Flagstaff Unmanaged Forest
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Flagstaff Unmanaged Forest2006 - 2008
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Energy Budget – residual (continued)
Flagstaff Wildfire
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Flagstaff Wildfire2006 - 2008
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Energy Budget - summary
Mean Residual [Wm-2]
Flagstaff Unmanaged Forest 18.99
Flagstaff Managed Forest 4.42
Flagstaff Wildfire 4.02
Audubon Grasslands -15.22
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Consistency with the Log law theory
• U* = friction velocity
• K = Von Karman constant (=0.4)
• z0 = roughness length
0
ln*
)(z
z
K
uzu
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Consistency with the Log law theory -results
Audubon Research Ranch
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Diurnal Cycle of Wind Speed and Roughness LengthAudubon Research Ranch
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Consistency with the Log law theory -results
Flagstaff Wildfire
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Flagstaff WildfireDiurnal Cycle of Wind Speed and Roughness Length
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Consistency with the Log law theory -results
Flagstaff Unmanaged Forest
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Flagstaff Unmanaged ForestDiurnal Cycle of Wind Speed and Roughness Length
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Consistency with the Log law theory -results
Flagstaff Managed Forest
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Flagstaff Managed ForestDiurnal Cycle of Winds Speed and Roughness Length
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Comparison with satellite results
~ 25 km
~ 2
0 k
m
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Land Surface Temperature and Albedo
• MODIS
– LST
• 8-day composite
• 1km resolution
– Albedo
• Black Sky Albedo
• Shortwave (350nm – 700 nm)
• 8-day composite
• 500m resolution
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LST
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MODIS LST and Tower LST Scatter Plot
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AlbedoMODIS BS albedo and tower albedoAudubon Research Ranch Area
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MODIS albedo and tower albedo scatter plot
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Consistency within measured variables
• Precipitation and soil moisture
– Precipitation
• Precipitation measured by tipping bucket method
• 30min intervals
– Soil moisture
• Neutron attenuation method
• 30 min intervals
– Expect to see increase in soil moisture after a precipitation event
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Measurements
Audubon Research Ranch
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Modeled soil moistureAudubon research Ranch
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Audubon Research RanchCO2 Flux, Precipitation and NDVI
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Conclusions
Energy Flux
• Energy flux measurements show substantial errors in high frequency measurements
• Averaged values of error are very small
• Consistent with satellite data!
Log law
• Roughness length varies rapidly – sort of expected because log law invalid at night
• However, averaged roughness length shows no variations
• Diurnal cycle shows constant z0 during daytime
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Conclusions
• Precipitation and soil moisture
– Soil moisture not well correlated with precipitation
– Measured soil moisture not correlated with modeled soil moisture
• Model too simple (P-E)
• Soil moisture data not good
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Thank You!