Project/Area Number |
11201201
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Review Section |
Science and Engineering
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Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
Principal Investigator |
KIMURA Fujio University of Tsukuba, Institute of Geoscience, Professor, 地球科学系, 教授 (10225055)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKEUCHI Nobuo Chiba University, Professor, 環境リモートセンシング研究センター, 教授 (60101044)
SUGITA Michiaki Institute of Geosciences, Associate professor, 地球科学系, 助教授 (80235887)
YASUNARI Tetsuzo HyARC, Nagoya University, Professor, 地球水循環研究センター, 教授 (80115956)
MIYAZAKI Shin CREST, Researcher, 研究員 (80302355)
NAKAJIMA Teruyuki Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo Professor, 気候システム研究センター, 教授 (60124608)
開發 一郎 広島大学, 総合科学部, 教授 (60160959)
高村 民雄 千葉大学, 環境リモートセンシング研究センター, 教授 (40272356)
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Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥71,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥71,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥19,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥19,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥24,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥24,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥27,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥27,700,000)
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Keywords | radiation balance / surface energy balance / monitoring / Asian continent / automatic weather station / surface condition / aerosol / soil characteristics |
Research Abstract |
Overall, 15 automatic weather stations were established and valuable energy balance data have been accumulated at carefully selected site in Siberia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, and Thailand. As a result of station deployment in geographically very different locations, difference in variations of surface energy partition regime, both in time and in magnitude were obtained. Also, comparisons of the surface fluxes obtained from one AAN surface station and from GAME and ECMWF reanalysis data were carried out and the results indicate very good agreement of the measurements and model derived values. Also, AAN data have been found useful for a model validation purposes, because AAN sites cover a wide range of geographical areas and climates, a comparison of any variables produced from a model or from a satellite against the AAN data sets should give opportunity for a thorough validation of these data (and, in turn, the model or the satellite measurements themselves). The SKYNET is a network of a
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sky radiometer and SKYNET sites are Sri Samrong (Thailand, since July 1997), Shou-Xian(China, until March 1999) /Hefei (China, from April 1999) A lidar, and a microwave radiometer were installed at Sri Samrong. The surface solar radiation was estimated from GMS visible and infrared radiance data and compared with the values observed at the GAME High Precision Radiation sites and SKYNET sites. Monthly mean values of the surface radiation flux in 1997, 1998, and 1999 are basically in good agreement with the observation. From the lidar monitoring, the cloud base height statistics was obtained. The AAN data have been checked and processed as they are provided from each station for archiving at the AAN data center at Terrestrial Environment Research Center of the University of Tsukuba, and are open to the scientific communities through the AAN web site at http://www.suiri.tsukuba.ac.jp/Project/aan/aan.html. Also a CD-ROM version has been produced for distribution to the countries without easy access to the data center. Less
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