In-situ measurements of land-atmosphere exchanges of water energy and carbon dioxide in space and time over the heterogeneous Barrax site during SPARC2004
Résumé
In order to advance our understanding of land-atmosphere exchanges of water, energy and CO2 in space and time over heterogeneous land surfaces, an intensive field campaign was carried out at the Barrax agricultural test site in Spain in the period 12-21 July 2004 involving multiple field, satellite and airborne instruments for characterizing the state of the atmosphere, the vegetation and the soil from visible to microwave range of the spectrum. Part of the experimental area is a core site of a 25 km2 area within which numerous crops are grown - on both irrigated and dry land - alongside fields of bare soil. This campaign was carried out in combination with the EU 6FP EAGLE Project. Emphasis of this paper is on the in-situ measurements of land-atmosphere exchanges of water, energy and CO2 as well as the thermal dynamic states of the atmosphere, the soil and the vegetation.