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NAFE’06: A Proposed Campaign Strategy
J Walker, O Merlin and R Panciera
Dept Civil and Env Engg
The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Objectives
NAFE’05 – provide high resolution data for process level understanding of: - soil moisture retrieval- downscaling - and data assimilation.
NAFE’06 – provide simulated SMOS data for trial application of: - soil moisture retrieval- downscaling - and data assimilation.
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How to meet the objectives?
• Mimic a SMOS pixel (50 by 50 km2)
• Provide multi-incidence L-band data for SMOS algorithm development
• Provide 1 km surface soil moisture data for verification of downscaling approaches using MODIS
• Provide simulated SMOS data every 2-3 days for data assimilation
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Murrumbidgee Catchment
200 km
Yanco Study Area
Kyeamba Creek
Adelong Creek
Flux Towers
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Proposal
• Yanco area = SMOS pixel
• Fly PLMR (1km) every 2-3 days over the SMOS pixel
• Multi-incidence (1km) and high res (50m) PLMR flights over focus areas with range of soil moisture and vegetation cover for:– Algorithm development– PLMR verification
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Proposed workplan
1. Aircraft flight lines
2. Coincident ground data collection
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40 km
Narrandera
Yanco
Leeton
Griffith
Y3Y2Y1
Y4 Y5
Y8Y6Y7
Y9
Y10
Y11 Y12Y13
Coleambally
CIA
1-km resolution PLMR data
12 N-S flight lines at 10,000 ft AGL
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40 km
Narrandera
Yanco
Leeton
Griffith
Y3Y2Y1
Y4 Y5
Y8Y6Y7
Y9
Y10
Y11 Y12Y13
Coleambally
CIA
6am6pm
Inclination ofSMOS orbit98.5°
Multi-incidence PLMR data (1km)
3 x 1 flight lines at 10,000 ft AGL
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40 km
Narrandera
Yanco
Leeton
Griffith
Y3Y2Y1
Y4 Y5
Y8Y6Y7
Y9
Y10
Y11 Y12Y13
Coleambally
CIA
High resolution PLMR data (15x50m; 750m)
10am2pm
3 flight lines at 500 ft AGL
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Flight schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1-km
SMOS-scale
5-10am
1-km
SMOS-scale
5-10am
1-km
SMOS-scale
5-10am
1-km
Multi-incidence
5-7am
1-km
Multi-incidence
5-7pm
50-m
9-11am
50-m
1-3pm
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Flight time
Flight type Speed3-week
campaign4-week
campaign
1-km SMOS-scale 144 km/h 45 h 60 h
1-km multi-incidence 6am/6pm 144 km/h 9 h 12 h
50-m 10am/2pm 144 km/h 9 h 12 h
Total 63 h 84 h
PLMR calibration (Airport to lake) 180 km/h + ? + ?
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Ground data collection• 5-cm soil moisture
• vegetation water content
• tower-based TIR and 5cm temperature
• soil moisture profile and met data
• surface soil roughness
• soil texture
• land use, vegetation type, dew amount
• surface fluxes ?
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Resourcess• Aircraft: Walker + Kim, ???
• Technical: Young
• Laboratory: Shoemark (soil & veg drying)
• Data processing: Panciera
• Field: Merlin, Kalma, Ellett, Draper, Thyer, McVicar x 2, Kerr x 2, Jackson x 2, Houser x 2, Teuling and Huurkmans, Tweed→ ~ 16 people
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Teams• Three soil moisture teams (3-4 people
each) operating every day at a given site: SM1, SM2, SM3
• One vegetation team (2-3 people) operating every day at 2-3 sites: VEG
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Y9
Y11 Y12
Aa
Y10
Y13
Y2Y1
Y6
BbY4
Y7 Y8
Y3
Y5
Coincident SM sampling
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
A b B a A
B b A a B
A b B a A
B b A a B
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Sites
Y4
Irrigated cropping, state forest nearby
Y9
Irrigated area (rice)
Y11
Native grassland and grazing
Y13
Native grassland and grazingY7
Native grassland, some cropping
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SM sampling strategyMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
250 m 50 m 250 m 50 m 250 m
Soil moisture profile station
1 km
1 km
144 points 400 points
“A” 250 m
“a” 50 m
+ 32 points
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Y9
Y11 Y12
C
Y10
Y13
Y2Y1
Y6
D
Y4
Y7 Y8
Y3
Y5
40 km
Coincident VEG sampling
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
C B D A C
A D B C A
C B D A C
A D B C A
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VEG sampling strategy
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
16 samples/site
16 samples/site
16 samples/site
16 samples/site
16 samples/site
16 samples = N1(land cover1) + N2(land cover2) +…
1 kmMinimum of 5 per landcover
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
MERRIWA PARK WEEK 1
VW
C (
kg/m
^2)
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40 km
Leeton
Griffith
Y3Y2Y1
Y4 Y5
Y8Y6Y7
Y9
Y10
Y11 Y12Y13
Coleambally
Logistics Cal ?
Cal ? Base
Airport Narrandera
Yanco
Base Airport