SACOL is located at Lanzhou, semi-arid China. Semi-Arid Climate & Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University (SACOL) Location: Yuzhong Campus of Lanzhou.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Watershed Hydrology, a Hawaiian Prospective: Evapotranspiration Ali Fares, PhD Evaluation of Natural Resource Management, NREM 600 UHM-CTAHR-NREM.
Advertisements

1 CODATA 2006 October 23-25, 2006, Beijing Cryospheric Data Assimilation An Integrated Approach for Generating Consistent Cryosphere Data Set Xin Li World.
After completing this Lesson, you will be able to answer: 1. What is humidity? 2. What is relative humidity? 3. How relative humidity is measured? 4. What.
Sandy desert Modifications of the surface radiation budget.
Notes on Weather A.Weather is the short term condition of the atmosphere over a small area. B.Weather is described by its conditions, or variables that.
Alan Robock Department of Environmental Sciences Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey USA
Monitoring the hydrologic cycle in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Applications of satellite measurements on dust-cloud-precipitation interactions over Asia arid/semi-arid region Jianping Huang Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid.
Atmosphere, Weather and Climate
The Weather. What is the Weather -the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place. What does it tell us? Weather describes conditions such as.
1. weather or climate ? Annual mean temperature (red is warm, blue cold)
Instrumental Observed Temperature Trends - ANNUAL IPCC TAR (2001)
WEATHER AND CLIMATE Class 8- GEOGRAPHY.
Surface Temperature Described scientifically, surface temperature is the radiating temperature of the ground surface including grass, bare soil, roads,
What is the name given to the lines on the weather map, and what are they connecting?
Factors that Affect the Rate of Chemical Weathering.
The Earth and its Atmosphere This chapter discusses: 1.Gases in Earth's atmosphere 2.Vertical structure of atmospheric pressure & temperature 3.Types of.
What Makes a Smart Controller “Smart”?. Definition “Smart controllers are irrigation clocks that automatically adjust irrigation run times in response.
2008 Intensive Observation Period in Arid/Semi-arid China—MAIRS Contribution to AMY Ailikun, Congbin FU International Program Office of MAIRS Chinese Academy.
Structural Drying Open enclosed areas (walls, floors) Drying may take several days or weeks.
Weather.
Mr. Fetch’s Earth Science Classroom Weather Factors.
Vocabulary Weather Instruments StormsWeather This & That $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 Game Board.
Chapter 9: Weather Factors Section 4: Water In the Atmosphere.
21.3 Climate Change. Natural Processes That Change Climate Volcanic eruptions The presence of volcanic ash, dust, & aerosols in the air increases the.
Energy Exchanges in the Atmosphere Atmosphere - blanket of gas that surrounds the earth (the air around us)
What is the difference between the climate of Carlisle and the weather in Carlisle?
Weather.
TOPIC 7. What is weather? Weather is the state or condition of the variables of the atmosphere at any given location for a short period of time.
Why and how the following weather elements are important and influence the growth and development of crop plants and yield? a. Rainfall b. Relative Humidity.
Air Temperature, Pressure, and Density
Water flows in the natural environment Stephen M. Henderson.
International Workshop on Antarctic Clouds Columbus, OH Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
METEOROLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION NETWORK OF IMD. Meteorological instrument Observer Meteorological Observation (In situ & Remote sensing)
Atmosphere Characteristics ICS 3 Block 1. ► Earth Science Standards: 8a, 8c ► Vocabulary ► Ozone, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere,
Chapter 11 Heating the Atmosphere. Weather versus Climate  Weather  Atmospheric conditions over a short period of time  Constantly changing  Climate.
1. What is a thin blanket of air that surrounds the Earth?
Class #23: Monday, March 1, Class #23: Monday, March 2 Clouds, fronts, precipitation processes, upper-level waves, and the extratropical cyclone.
Ground-based energy flux measurements for calibration of the Advanced Thermal and Land Application Sensor (ATLAS) 1 Eric W. Harmsen and Richard Díaz Román,
Thermal Energy Question Review
Introduction to Climate and Environmental Physics HS 2014 Lecture II Christoph Raible, Markus Leuenberger, Fortunat Joos and Thomas Stocker.
Describing Weather (cont.) Ms. Cervera. Bellringer # 2 Dew Point 1. When does dew form? Why? 2. What do you think dew point indicates?
Evaporation What is evaporation? How is evaporation measured? How is evaporation estimated? Reading for today: Applied Hydrology Sections 3.5 and 3.6 Reading.
Water Cycle, Cloud Formation, and Severe Weather.
Exploring Earth’s Water Resources. Map of Planet Earth.
Hydrosphere Continental Hydrology Surface water (river, lakes, runoff) Groundwater Soil moisture Wetlands Snow Oceans Water vapor (Atmosphere) Icecaps/glaciers.
Effects of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on a Small Watershed in the Northeastern U.S. Jon Goodall Nathan Johnson Cynthia Lancaster Amy Neuenschwander.
What are they? What do they do?
Lecture 8 Evapotranspiration (1)
Potential Evapotranspiration (PET)
Weather Chapter 16 Notes.
Weather.
Vinod Mahat, David G. Tarboton
Essential Questions Why is accurate weather data important?
Chapter 7 Quiz.
SCIENCE GRADE FOUR – WEATHER
Climate Dynamics 11:670:461 Alan Robock
Weather Basics.
Weather balloons are launched twice a day
Weather, Climate, and ME Lesson 8
Relative humidity and dew point (elt 2, 3, 4)
WEATHER VS. CLIMATE.
Section 3: Gathering Weather Data
AIM: DO NOW: HW:.
Climate.
Weather and Climate Vocabulary.
Chapter 10, Lesson 4 Water Vapor and Humidity
BELLWORK Weather Vocab. Pretest
Weather Condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
CHAPTER 3 LESSON 2 SYSTEM INTERACTIONS.
Presentation transcript:

SACOL is located at Lanzhou, semi-arid China

Semi-Arid Climate & Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University (SACOL) Location: Yuzhong Campus of Lanzhou University ( 35.57N, E ) Campus Observatory Lanzhou

Ground Automatic weather station 8m PBL towel Surface heat flux Soil temperature and soil temperature Aerosol and water vapor Observatory of SACOL

Surface observation evident the semi-direct effect

Relative Humidity Temperature 8m PBL towel and AWS 26 March27 March Dust Beginning 26 March 27 March Dust Beginning

Surface observed upward and downward short and long wave flux (w/m2) Instrument

Observation of Soil Temperature and Soil moisture, soil heat flux Instrument

Homepage Measurements Data Exchange