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| Titel |
A Multi-Scale Soil Moisture and Freeze-Thaw Monitoring Network on the Third Pole |
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Kun Yang, Jun Qin, Long Zhao, Yingying Chen, Menglei Han |
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EGU General Assembly 2013
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Englisch
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In: GRA - Volume 15 (2013) |
| Datensatznummer |
250073212
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Multi-sphere interactions over the Tibetan Plateau directly impact its surrounding climate and environment at a variety of spatial/temporal scales. Remote sensing and modeling are expected to provide hydro-meteorological data needed for these process studies, but in situ observations are required to support their calibration and validation. For this purpose, we established a dense monitoring network on central Tibetan Plateau to measure two state variables (soil moisture and temperature) at three spatial scales (1.0, 0.3, 0.1 degree) and four soil depths (0~5cm, 10cm, 20cm, and 40cm). The experimental area is characterized by low biomass, large soil moisture dynamic range and typical freeze-thaw cycle. The network consists of 56 stations with their elevation varying over 4470 ~ 4950 m. Soil texture and soil organic matters are measured at each station, as auxiliary parameters of this network. In order to guarantee continuous and high-quality data, tremendous efforts have been made to protect the data logger from soil water intrusion, to calibrate soil moisture sensors, and to upscale the point measurements.
As the highest soil moisture network in the world, our network meets the requirement for evaluating a variety of soil moisture products and for soil moisture scaling. It also directly contributes to the “water-ice-air-ecosystem-human” interaction theme of the “Third Pole Environment” Program. The data will be publicized via the International Soil Moisture Network.
Publication:
Zhao, L., K. Yang, J. Qin, Y-Y Chen, W-J Tang, C. Montzka, H. Wu, C-G Lin, M-L Han, and H. Vereecken., 2012: Spatiotemporal analysis of soil moisture observations within a Tibetan mesoscale area and its implication to regional soil moisture measurements, Journal of Hydrology DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.033. |
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