1. INVESTIGATOR

1.1.Investigator: Name and Title(+)

Osamu Tsukamoto, Professor Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Okayama University

1.2. Contacts(+)

Osamu Tsukamoto, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Okayama University
(+) tel: +81-86-251-8505, fax:+81-86-251-8506,
e-mail: tsuka@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp

1.3. Revision Date of this Documentaion(+)

Created on 28 Dec 2000

2. DATA SET REFERENCE(+)

• Net Radiation
Downward and upward shortwave radiation Wind velocity Wind direction Air temperature Relative humidity Surface radiation temperature Soil temperature Soil heat flux Soil moisture content(TDR) Precipitation Momentum flux(Friction velocity) Sensible heat flux by SAT Latent heat flux by bandpass covariance

3. STATION IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

3.1. Station usual name

MS3637_SPAM, Tibet, China

3.2. Station code

SPAM

3.3.Latitude

31deg 01.048' N

3.4.Longitude

91deg 39.423' E

3.5.Altitude

4,820m

4.  DATA ACQUISITION

All data are acquired by using the GAME-AAN Automatic Weather Station (FLUX -PAM made by NCAR).

5. ERRORS

N/A

6. FIELD NOTES

This station was setup on May 1998 in the grassland at the south of Naqu, in the GAME-Tibet region. This station was closed in Sept 1998 when the IOP ended. The whole AWS system was moved to Toutouhe Weather station in May 1999.