NAFE monitoring stations O. Merlin, J. Walker, R. Panciera, R. Young and M. Rinaldi 3 rd NAFE Workshop Sept. 2007

Objectives Provide 0-5cm soil temperature T eff Derive TIR-T eff relationships Estimate of vegetation wetness Presence of dew

Requirements Distributed in space Include major land covers: dry land pasture, irrigated pasture, dry wheat, irrigated wheat, bare soil

NAFE stations S1 S2 S3 S4 S5S6

NAFE station set up 1 Mikron FOV 6:1 1 Ahlborn FOV 4:1 2 Everest FOV 1:1 Campbell sensor 0/1 Unidata temp sensors North

TIR calibration 1 before 1 after campaign Add hot water 60ºC in bucket And ice down to 10ºC Link black body temp to output I/V

S1 S2 S3S4

S1 Dry wheat Breakdown of the TIR

S2 Bare soil No veg wetness sensor

S3 Irrigated wheat Battery

S4 Irrigated pasture (alfalfa) Battery

S5 Dry land pasture Logger No radiometer

S6 Dry land pasture No logger No radiometer

Conclusions Gaps in the data Combination of S1, S5, S6: continuous monitoring for dry land