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IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

Name CEOP LBA Brasilia Reference Site
Abbreviation LBA (Large-Scale Biosphere - Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia)
Metadata Identifier CEOP_LBA_Brasilia20230727055824-DIAS20221121113753-en

CONTACT

CONTACT on DATASET

Name Antonio Ocimar Manzi
Organization LBA Implementation Manager / Central Office Coordinator
Address Av. AndrEAra仼o, 2936 - Alojamento nš 09 - Petrolis, Manaus, Brazil, Brazil
TEL +55(92)643-3255 / 236-5205
FAX +55(92)643-3238/ 236-5131
E-mail manzi@inpa.gov.br

CONTACT on PROJECT

Data Integration and Analysis System

Name DIAS Office
Organization Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Address 3173-25, Showa-Cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 236-0001, Japan
E-mail dias-office@diasjp.net

DOCUMENT AUTHOR

Name Antonio Ocimar Manzi
Organization LBA Implementation Manager / Central Office Coordinator
E-mail manzi@inpa.gov.br

DATASET CREATOR

Name Antonio Ocimar Manzi
Organization LBA Implementation Manager / Central Office Coordinator
E-mail manzi@inpa.gov.br

DATE OF THIS DOCUMENT

2023-07-27

DATE OF DATASET

  • creation : 2010-03-03

DATASET OVERVIEW

Abstract

The LBA Brasilia site is part of the LBA Project, managed by the Brazilian Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) which is subordinated to Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT).

All meteorological, radiation, soil, tower and flux measurements have been performed at Brasilia Cerrado (savanna) site.

Brasilia, Federal District, is Brazil's capital, located in the Brazilian Central Plateau, locally known as the Cerrado region. The city is expanding very rapidly over the 5,814 km2 of the Federal District. Brasilia was planned in the 1950s to be in the center of the country, strategically located in order to promote Brazil's inland development. Many of the governmental and urban facilities were built in the early sixties.

The annual average rainfall is around 1,500 mm. Approximately 86 % of the Cerrado receives between 1,000 and 2,000 mm of precipitation annually, putting the region into an intermediary climatic position between the rainy Amazonian and the arid Caatinga. About 90% of total precipitation falls between October and March, resulting in two distinct climatic seasons (wet and dry).

During the rainy season grasses are active and produce a large amount of green biomass that dries out during the dry season. The accumulation of dead material facilitates the occurrence of fire, especially at the end of the dry season. Cerrado has the richest flora among tropical savannas and is one of the world's environmental 'hot-spots'. Over 10,400 species of vascular plants are found, fifty of which are endemic. Fauna diversity is very high also with 180 species of reptiles, 113 of amphibians, 837 of birds and 195 of mammals.

Topic Category(ISO19139)

  • climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Temporal Extent

Begin Date 2002-10-01 00:00:00
End Date 2006-12-31 23:59:59
Temporal Characteristics 30minute

Geographic Bounding Box

North bound latitude 51.970000
West bound longitude 4.930000
Eastbound longitude 4.930000
South bound latitude 51.970000

Keywords

Keywords on Dataset

Keyword Type Keyword Keyword thesaurus Name
theme Climate, Water GEOSS

Keywords on Project

Data Integration and Analysis System
Keyword Type Keyword Keyword thesaurus Name
theme DIAS > Data Integration and Analysis System No_Dictionary

Distribution Information

name version specification
PRN a CEOP Unified Format

DATA PROCESSING

Data Processing (1)

General Explanation of the data producer's knowledge about the lineage of a dataset

SURFACE METEOROLOGY AND RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION:

Station pressure is measured at the automatic weather station site, 200 m South-West of the main tower. The instrument is a Paroscientific 1016B-01. Provisions are made against dynamic pressure effects. Calibration is done at KNMI. Instruments are replaced after 26 month. Accuracy is 0.1 hPa. Resolution is 0.1 hPa. Datalogging is with the KNMI XP1-SIAM Pressure.

Air Temperature Air temperature are measured at 1.5 m. Air temperature is measured with a KNMI Pt500-element in an unventilated KNMI temperature hut. This hut is open in construction. Heating of the sensor, the metal filter and the open hut improves the functioning during high humidity conditions.

Calibration is done at KNMI. Temperature sensors are replaced each 38 month. Accuracy is 0.1 oC. Resolution is 0.1 oC. Data logging is done with the KNMI XU2-SIAM Temperatuur/Vocht HMP243.

Dew point - (1.5 m derived)

Relative humidity is measured at 1.5 m with a Vaisala HMP243 heated relative humidity sensor with a metal filter in a separate Vaisala unventilated hut. This hut is open in construction. Heating of the sensor, the metal filter and the open hut improves the functioning during high humidity conditions. Calibration is done at KNMI. Dew point sensors are subject to contamination and drift of calibration this makes it nescessary to replace them each 8 month. Accuracy is 3.5% RH. Resolution is 0.1oC. Data logging is done with the KNMI XU2-SIAM Temperatuur/Vocht HMP243.

Specific humidity (1.5 m derived)

Wind speed is measured at 10 m. To avoid too large flow obstruction from the mast and the main building measurements are taken at two separate masts South (B-mast) and North (C-mast) of the main building. For each 10 minute interval instruments are selected that are best exposed to the undisturbed wind. Still some flow obstruction remains due to the presence of the tower and the supporting booms. Corrections are applied according to Wessels (1983). Corrections in the wind speed are maximal 3% and corrections in wind direction are maximal 3 degrees.

Wind speed is measured with the KNMI cup-anemometer. Cup diameter is 105 mm and the distance between the centre of the cups to the rotation axis is 100 mm. Wind direction is measured with the KNMI wind vane. Distance between axis and the outer side of the vane is 535 mm. The azimuth of the wind vane plugs at the tip of the booms are determined with a camera relative to distant objects at close to the horizon. The instruments are logged with the KNMI wind SIAM. Wind gusts are determined from a running 3 sec mean value. Calibration of the cup anemometers is done in the wind tunnel of KNMI. Wind vanes are balanced and the direction of the vane is tested. Sensors are replaced after 26 month. The cup anemometer contains a photo-chopper with 32 slits. The accuracy is 0.5 m/s. The treshold velocity is 0.5 m/s. The resolution is 0.1 m/s. The response length is 2.5 m. The wind vane contains a code disk. Accuracy is 3o. Resolution is 1o.

Wind direction is measured at 10 m. To avoid too large flow obstruction from the mast and the main building measurements are taken at two separate masts South (B-mast) and North (C-mast) of the main building. For each 10 minute interval instruments are selected that are best exposed to the undisturbed wind. Still some flow obstruction remains due to the presence of the tower and the supporting booms. Corrections are applied according to Wessels (1983). Corrections in the wind speed are maximal 3% and corrections in wind direction are maximal 3 degrees.

Wind speed is measured with the KNMI cup-anemometer. Cup diameter is 105 mm and the distance between the centre of the cups to the rotation axis is 100 mm. Wind direction is measured with the KNMI wind vane. Distance between axis and the outer side of the vane is 535 mm. The azimuth of the wind vane plugs at the tip of the booms are determined with a camera relative to distant objects at close to the horizon. The instruments are logged with the KNMI wind SIAM. Wind gusts are determined from a running 3 sec mean value. Calibration of the cup anemometers is done in the wind tunnel of KNMI. Wind vanes are balanced and the direction of the vane is tested. Sensors are replaced after 26 month. The cup anemometer contains a photo-chopper with 32 slits. The accuracy is 0.5 m/s. The treshold velocity is 0.5 m/s. The resolution is 0.1 m/s. The response length is 2.5 m. The wind vane contains a code disk. Accuracy is 3o. Resolution is 1o.

U wind component (derived) (10 m)

V wind component (derived) (10 m)

Precipitation - Rain amount and duration is measured at the radation field South of the main tower. To surpress flow obstruction the rain gauge is positioned in a circular pit of 3 m diameter, wich is surrounded by a circular slope. Rain duration is derived from the rain gauge observations. Rain is measured with the KNMI rain gauge. Calibration is done at KNMI. Instruments are replaced after 14 month. Accuracy is 0.2 mm. Resolution is 0.1 mm. Datalogging is with the KNMI XR2-SIAM Neerslag.

Snow depth - Not Measured

Incoming shortwave radiation - Short wave upward and downward radiation are measured at the radiation field South of the tower at 1.5 m height. The downward looking sensor (albedo) is on a boom of 1 m length. The porting structure is painted black to get a wel defined radiation condition. Since December 2002 the instruments are ventilated and heated to avoid formation of dew, snow and rime. The instruments are Kipp&Zn CM11 pyranometers. Data logging is done with the KNMI XQ1/XD0/XF0-SIAM Radiation. Calibration is done at KNMI against a reference instrument which itself is calibrated at Davos (Switserland).

Outgoing shortwave radiation - Short wave upward and downward radiation are measured at the radiation field South of the tower at 1.5 m height. The downward looking sensor (albedo) is on a boom of 1 m length. The porting structure is painted black to get a wel defined radiation condition. Since December 2002 the instruments are ventilated and heated to avoid formation of dew, snow and rime. The instruments are Kipp&Zn CM11 pyranometers. Data logging is done with the KNMI XQ1/XD0/XF0-SIAM Radiation. Calibration is done at KNMI against a reference instrument which itself is calibrated at Davos (Switserland).

Incoming longwave radiation - Long wave upward and downward radiation are measured at the radiation field South of the tower at 1.5 m height. The sensors are on a boom of xx m length. The instruments are mounted in one housing to get equal house temperatures. They are ventilated to avoid formation of dew, snow and rime and to minimise heating of the domes through irradiation. The domes are equipped with small thermistors. Corrections are applied for heating of the domes. The instruments are Eppley pyrgeometers (PIR). Data logging is done with the KNMI XL0-SIAM Eppley Radiation. Calibration is done in Davos (Switserland).

Outgoing longwave radiation - Long wave upward and downward radiation are measured at the radiation field South of the tower at 1.5 m height. The sensors are on a boom of xx m length. The instruments are mounted in one housing to get equal house temperatures. They are ventilated to avoid formation of dew, snow and rime and to minimise heating of the domes through irradiation. The domes are equipped with small thermistors. Corrections are applied for heating of the domes. The instruments are Eppley pyrgeometers (PIR). Data logging is done with the KNMI XL0-SIAM Eppley Radiation. Calibration is done in Davos (Switserland).

Net radiation (1.5 m; derived)

Skin temperature - Data is collected, but no information available.

Incoming Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Not measured.

Outgoing Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Not measured.

The tower for standard meteorological measurements (click for full resolution):

METEOROLOGICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION: The 10, 20, 40, 80, 140, and 200 m heights include observations of air temperature, dew point, relative humidity, specific humidity, wind speed, wind direction, U wind component, and V wind component. The 2 m height includes observations of air temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and specific humidity.

Station pressure - Surface pressure is measured at the automatic weather station site, 200 m South-West of the main tower. The instrument is a Paroscientific 1016B-01. Provisions are made against dynamic pressure effects. Calibration is done at KNMI. Instruments are replaced after 26 month. Accuracy is 0.1 hPa. Resolution is 0.1 hPa. Datalogging is with the KNMI XP1-SIAM Pressure.

Air Temperature - Air- and dewpoint temperature are measured at seven levels, 200, 140, 80, 40, 20, 10 and 1.5 m. The highest 4 levels are measured at the South-East booms of the main tower . The lowest three levels are measured at the B-mast, South of the main building. Air temperature is measured with a KNMI Pt500-element in an unventilated KNMI temperature hut. Dew point temperature is measured with a Vaisala HMP243 heated relative humidity sensor with a metal filter in a separate Vaisala unventilated hut. This hut is open in construction. The humidity data often overestimates during drying episodes after dew, fog or rain, because of a wet shielding or sensor. This may result in observed dewpoint temperatures higher than the air temperature. Heating of the sensor, the change to metal filter and the open hut improves the functioning during high humidity conditions.

Calibration is done at KNMI. Temperature sensors are replaced each 38 month. Accuracy is 0.1 oC. Resolution is 0.1 oC. Dew point sensors are subject to contamination and drift of calibration this makes it nescessary to replace them each 8 month. Accuracy is 3.5% RH. Resolution is 0.1oC. Data logging is done with the KNMI XU2-SIAM Temperatuur/Vocht HMP243.

Dew point (derived)

Relative humidity - Air- and dewpoint temperature are measured at seven levels, 200, 140, 80, 40, 20, 10 and 1.5 m. The highest 4 levels are measured at the South-East booms of the main tower . The lowest three levels are measured at the B-mast, South of the main building. Air temperature is measured with a KNMI Pt500-element in an unventilated KNMI temperature hut. Dew point temperature is measured with a Vaisala HMP243 heated relative humidity sensor with a metal filter in a separate Vaisala unventilated hut. This hut is open in construction. The humidity data often overestimates during drying episodes after dew, fog or rain, because of a wet shielding or sensor. This may result in observed dewpoint temperatures higher than the air temperature. Heating of the sensor, the change to metal filter and the open hut improves the functioning during high humidity conditions.

Calibration is done at KNMI. Temperature sensors are replaced each 38 month. Accuracy is 0.1 oC. Resolution is 0.1 oC. Dew point sensors are subject to contamination and drift of calibration this makes it nescessary to replace them each 8 month. Accuracy is 3.5% RH. Resolution is 0.1oC. Data logging is done with the KNMI XU2-SIAM Temperatuur/Vocht HMP243.

Specific humidity (derived)

Wind speed - Wind speed and wind direction is measured at six levels, 200, 140, 80, 40, 20 and 10 m. To avoid too large flow obstruction from the mast and the main building measurements are taken on booms in three different directions. At the levels 200, 140, 80 and 40 m the wind direction is measured at all three booms and wind speed is measured at two booms (South-West and North). At the levels 20 and 10 m the wind direction and wind speed are measured at two separate masts South (B-mast) and North (C-mast) of the main building. For each 10 minute interval instruments are selected that are best exposed to the undisturbed wind. Still some flow obstruction remains due to the presence of the tower and the supporting booms. Corrections are applied according to Wessels (1983). Corrections in the wind speed are maximal 3% and corrections in wind direction are maximal 3 degrees.

Wind speed is measured with the KNMI cup-anemometer. Cup diameter is 105 mm and the distance between the centre of the cups to the rotation axis is 100 mm. Wind direction is measured with the KNMI wind vane. Distance between axis and the outer side of the vane is 535 mm. The azimuth of the wind vane plugs at the tip of the booms are determined with a camera relative to distant objects at close to the horizon. The instruments are logged with the KNMI wind SIAM. Wind gusts are determined from a running 3 sec mean value. Calibration of the cup anemometers is done in the wind tunnel of KNMI. Wind vanes are balanced and the direction of the vane is tested. Sensors are replaced after 26 month. The cup anemometer contains a photo-chopper with 32 slits. The accuracy is 0.5 m/s. The treshold velocity is 0.5 m/s. The resolution is 0.1 m/s. The response length is 2.5 m. The wind vane contains a code disk. Accuracy is 3o. Resolution is 1o.

Wind direction - Wind speed and wind direction is measured at six levels, 200, 140, 80, 40, 20 and 10 m. To avoid too large flow obstruction from the mast and the main building measurements are taken on booms in three different directions. At the levels 200, 140, 80 and 40 m the wind direction is measured at all three booms and wind speed is measured at two booms (South-West and North). At the levels 20 and 10 m the wind direction and wind speed are measured at two separate masts South (B-mast) and North (C-mast) of the main building. For each 10 minute interval instruments are selected that are best exposed to the undisturbed wind. Still some flow obstruction remains due to the presence of the tower and the supporting booms. Corrections are applied according to Wessels (1983). Corrections in the wind speed are maximal 3% and corrections in wind direction are maximal 3 degrees.

Wind speed is measured with the KNMI cup-anemometer. Cup diameter is 105 mm and the distance between the centre of the cups to the rotation axis is 100 mm. Wind direction is measured with the KNMI wind vane. Distance between axis and the outer side of the vane is 535 mm. The azimuth of the wind vane plugs at the tip of the booms are determined with a camera relative to distant objects at close to the horizon. The instruments are logged with the KNMI wind SIAM. Wind gusts are determined from a running 3 sec mean value. Calibration of the cup anemometers is done in the wind tunnel of KNMI. Wind vanes are balanced and the direction of the vane is tested. Sensors are replaced after 26 month. The cup anemometer contains a photo-chopper with 32 slits. The accuracy is 0.5 m/s. The treshold velocity is 0.5 m/s. The resolution is 0.1 m/s. The response length is 2.5 m. The wind vane contains a code disk. Accuracy is 3o. Resolution is 1o.

U wind component (derived)

V wind component (derived)

The Cabauw Tower (on right; click for full resolution):

FLUX INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION: Turbulent surface fluxes are measured at 5 m height approximately 200 m South of the 200 m main tower. A sonic anemometer/thermometer is used to measure turbulent fluctuations of the three wind components and (sonical) temperature. The sonical temperature is measured along the vertical transducer pair. An open path infrared fluctuation meter is used to measure turbulent fluctuations of humidity and carbondioxide. The sonic anemometer has an azimuthal opening angle of 120o for horizontal wind measurements. The open path sensor is positioned vertically just behind the sonic probe at a distance of 0.3 m from the vertical sonical path. The instruments are mounted on a 1 m thin vertical cylinder to avoid a too strong flow obstruction due to the supporting mast. The vertical cylinder is supported by a rotator which is controlled by a wind direction tracking system and automatically turned into the mean wind direction each 2 hours. An inclinometer is positioned between the rotator and the supporting cylinder. The instrument are positioned vertically within 1 degree.

The sonic anemometer is a Kaijo-Denki, probe type TR60-A, electronic unit DAT-300 or DAT-600. The sonic path is 0.2 m. Resolution is 0.1 K. The H2O/CO2-sensor is a KNMI Infrared Fluctuation meter. Pathlength is 0.3 m. Resolution is 0.003 g/m3 H2O and 0.15 ppm CO2.

Calibration of the sonic anemometer is done, approximately each second year, in a wind tunnel of TNO-Apeldoorn. The temperature, humidity and co2 calibration is done at KNMI also approximately each second year.

Sensible Heat Flux (5.37 m)

Latent Heat Flux (5.37 m)

CO2 Flux (5.37 m)

Soil Heat Flux (0, -5, -10 cm) - Soil heat flux is measured at the soil-terrain, 100 m South of the main tower, with six soil heat flux plates. The six plates are burried at the three vertices of an equilateral triangle with sides of 2 m at depths of 0.05 and 0.10 m.

The instruments are manufactured by TNO-Delft. Type: WS31S, principle: thermo-pile, diameter 0.11 m, thickness 5 mm, sensitive surface: central square of 25*25 mm2. Calibration is done by TNO-Delft.

Flux tower (on left; click for full resolution):

SOIL INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION: Soil measurements are performed west of the radiation measurements.

Soil temperature (-0.04, -0.08, -0.12, -0.20, -0.30, and -0.50 m) - Soil temperatures are measured at the soil-terrain 100 m South of the main tower. The temperature needles are burried horizontally at depths of 0.04, 0.08, 0.12, 0.20, 0.30 and 0.50 m.

Instruments are manufactured at KNMI. They are Nickle wired needles with an electric resistance of 500 Ohm and a sensitive length of 0.35 m. Calibration is done at KNMI. Datalogging is at a Campbell Scientific CR21X datalogger.

Soil moisture (-0.20 m starting 6 December 2002). Soil water content is measured at the soil-terrain, 100 m South of the main tower, with a TDR-sensor at a depth of 0.20 m.

The instruments are manufactured by Campbell Scientific. TypeCS615, principle: Time domain reflectometry, rod length = 30 cm, width between the two rods: 32 mm. Calibration is done by Campbell Scientific. Data logging is with a Campbell Scientific CR21X datalogger. Measurements are taken 5 times in a 10 minute interval. Averages over 10 minutes are saved.

RADIOSONDE INSTRUMENTATION AND DESCRIPTION: The radiosonde is of type Vaisala RS90-Loran C. The files contain operational ascents at 10 sec. resolution. Quantities archived are: pressure (hPa), geopotential height (m), temperature (C), dew point temperature (C), relative humidity (%), wind speed (m/s) and wind direction (degrees).

Radiosondes are launched in principle two times a day (12 and 24 h UTC).

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