AUY:Australia Yanco site

General site detail (Updated 9 June 2014)
 Site name
 Australia Yanco site
 AsiaFlux site code
 AUY
 Location Yanco, NSW, Australia
 Position 34°59.3’S, 146°17.5’E
 Elevation Elevation 125m above sea level
 Slope -
 Terrain type
 flat
 Area -
 Fetch 800m
 Climate Grassland, warm (persistently dry) (Bsk)
 Mean annual air temperature
 Max: 23.4°C
 Min: 10.0°C (based on mean from 1969 to 2014 at the Narrandera Golf Club)
 Mean annual precipitation
 468 mm/year (based on mean rainfall from 1969 to 2014 at the Narrandera Golf Club)
 Vegetation type
 Grass and pasture
 Domestic species (Overstory)
 -
 Dominant species (Understory)
 Native grasses
 Canopy height
 none
 Age Planted in 1987
 LAI 1.4 m2 m-2 (max)
 Soil type
 Based on borehole log:
Top Soil (0-15cm):
Silty CLAY; high plasticity, grey brown
15-90cm:
Silty CLAY; medium plasticity, grey brown, trace sand [USCS symbol: CI]
90-130cm:
Silty CLAY; medium plasticity, yellow brown, with fine sand [CI]
130-200cm:
Silty CLAY; medium plasticity, mottled orange brown grey, with fine sand [CI]
200-280cm:
Silty CLAY; low to medium plasticity, orange brown, with fine sand [CL-CI]
280-340cm
Silty SAND; fine to medium grained, brown, fines of low plasticity [SM]
340-400cm
Silty SAND; fine to coarse grained, orange brown, fines of low plasticity [SM]
400-450cm
Sandy Silty CLAY; low to medium plasticity, fine to coarse sand [CL-CI]

Observations
Flux tower system
 Observation items
  Levels/ Depth
 Instrument 
 X direction of wind component velocity
 6 m 3D Sonic Anemometer.(C-SAT3, Campbell)
 Y direction of wind component velocity
 6 m 3D Sonic Anemometer.(C-SAT3, Campbell)
 Z direction of wind component velocity
 6 m 3D Sonic Anemometer.(C-SAT3, Campbell)
 Temperature  (sonic virtual temperature) 6 m 3D Sonic Anemometer.(C-SAT3, Campbell)
 Global solar radiation (downward)
  2 m
 Pyranometers (CMP21, Kipp&Zonen)
 Global solar radiation (upward)  2 m Pyranometers (CMP21, Kipp&Zonen)
 Long-wave 
 radiation (downward)
  2 m Pyranometers (CMP4, Kipp&Zonen)
 Long-wave radiation (upward)
  2 m
 Pyranometers (CMP4, Kipp&Zonen)
 Photon active radiation
(PAR, downward)   
  2 m
 PAR Quantum Sensor (PSQ1, Kipp&Zonen)
  Photon active radiation
(PAR, upward)
  2 m PAR Quantum Sensor (PSQ1, Kipp&Zonen)
 Air temperature
 2, 4, 8, 16 m Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive hygrometer (HMP155, Vaisala)
 Humidity 2,4,8,16 m 
 Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive hygrometer (HMP155, Vaisala)
 Ground surface temperature
 2 m

 Infrared Radiometer. (SI-111, Cambell)
 Soil temperature
 0.03,0.10, 0.15, 0.45, 0.75 m Depth
 Platinum resistance thermometer (Pt100)
 Soil heat flux
 0.03, 0.07 m depth
 Heat flux plate (HF-HFP01, Hukse flux)
 Soil water content
 0.03,0.10, 0.15, 0.45, 0.75 m Depth  TDR sensor (TRIME-PICO32, Imko)
 Wind speed
 2, 4, 8, 16 m 3-cup anemometer (34B, Met One)
 Wind direction
 2, 4, 8, 16 m
 3-cup anemometer (34B, Met One)
 COconcentration
 6 m Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Anemometer (LI-7500A, LI-COR)
 H2O concentration 6 m
 Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Anemometer (LI-7500A, LI-COR)
 Air pressure
 6 m
 PTB201 Digital Barometer
 Precipitation 0.7m Tipping-bucket rainguage with heater (TKF-1-UD [Tipping Bucket Type], Takeda)
 Barometric pressure
 0.4 m
 Barometer (PTB210, Vaisala Digital Barometer)

Automatic weather station
 Observation items
  Levels/ Depth
 Instrument 
 Air temperature
 2.2 m Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive hygrometer (HMP155, Vaisala)
 Relative humidity 2.2 m 
 Platinum resistance thermometer and capacitive hygrometer (HMP155, Vaisala)
 Air pressure
 2.2 m 
 Multi-weather Sensors (WTX520, Vaisala)
 Wind speed
 2.2 m
 Multi-weather Sensors (WTX520, Vaisala)
 Wind direction
 2.2 m
 Multi-weather Sensors (WTX520, Vaisala)
 Rain intensity
 2.2 m
 Multi-weather Sensors (WTX520, Vaisala)
 Ground surface temperature 2.2 m
 Infrared Radiometer. (SI-111, Cambell)
 Soil temperature 0.03, 0.15m Platinum resistance thermometer (Pt100)
 Soil water content 0.03, 0.15m TDR sensor (TRIME-PICO32, Imko)
 Soil Heat Flux
 0.03, 0.07m Heat flux plate (HF-HFP01, Hukse flux)
 
Observation Period and data Availability
 Measurement Period
 May 2012- current
 Measurement Frequency
 Continuous
 Data Availability
 N/A
Contact
 Jeffrey Walker (jeff.walker@monash.edu)
Jason Beringer (jason.beringer@monash.edu)
Christoph R¨udiger (chris.rudiger@monash.edu)
Edoardo Daly (edoardo.daly@monash.edu)
 Monash University, Clayton campus
Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
Tel: +61-3-9905-9681 Fax: +61-3-9905-4944
 Hiroyuki Tsutsui (tsutsui.hiroyuki@jaxa.jp)
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),  
Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)
2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8505, Japan
Tel: +81-50-3362-4860 Fax: +81-29-868-2961
 http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ges/research/climate/jaxa/
Infrastructure
 Tower, Solar power installation 12V/24V, Facilities for communication (Ethernet connections and modem – FTP to website)
Accommodation (none)
 Research fund
Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)