Aircraft and tower eddy covariance flux measurements SSOS- Summer School on Optical Sampling (7-13 July 2011, Trento, Italy) B. Gioli (IBIMET CNR, Italy)

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SSOS- Summer School on Optical Sampling (7-13 July 2011, Trento, Italy)

B. Gioli (IBIMET CNR, Italy)

http://www.ibimet.cnr.it/

1. TOWER FLUX MEASUREMENTS

2. AIRCRAFT FLUX MEASUREMENTS

3. FLUX MANIPULATION EXPERIMENT


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1. TOWER FLUX MEASUREMENTS

- principles of the eddy covariance micrometeorological tecnique;

- how to use turbulence to measure fluxes

-tecnique assumptions and limitations


wind & turbulence


wind & turbulence


air motion is 3D and made by 'fluctuations'

+CO2+CO2 -CO2-CO2

surface exchange

CO2 sink surface

downdraft (w-) updraft (w+)


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surface exchange (one eddy)

CO2 sink surface



Flux associated to one eddy = c1w1 + c2w2

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Net Ecosystem Exchange

Sensible heat flux

Latent heat flux = evapotransp.

Momentum flux = friction velocity


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1. ~Flat terrain 2. Homogeneity

3. Stationarity4. 'enough' turbulence


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Technology: 3D wind (fast) measurement


Technology: CO2 & H2O (fast) measurements

Open Path IRGA (Infra Red Gas Analyzer)


Isola di PianosaIsola di Pianosa

InstallationsNorunda, SveziaNorunda, Svezia


FluxNet


Complicating factors: 1. frequency response:do we measure ALL the flux by eddy covariance ?

Rn = SW↓ +LW ↓ - SW↑ -LW↑ (net radiation)

H + LE + G = Rn

H: sensible heat flux (EC measured)

LE: latent heat flux = evapotranspiration (EC measured)

G = soil heat flux (measured)


Vaccari et al 2003

Cospectra W-CO2 (Li7500)

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Complicating factors: 1. frequency response:do we measure ALL the flux by eddy covariance ?

Complicating factors: 2. footprint estimation

where the measured flux comes from ?


Footprint area = area contributing to the observed flux

Footprint area extends upwind the observation point, and is a function of:

• Atmospheric stability

• Wind speed and direction

• Surface roughness

Footprint area is estimated trough models (analytic, stochastic, lagrangian back-trajectory)

Complicating factors: 3. CO2 flux partioning


• approaches exist to partition NEE into GPP and Reco, based on night time fluxes to dirve a respiration response to temperature and soil water content (Reichstein et al 2003)

NEE = GPP – Reco

NEE = Net Ecosystem ExchangeGPP = Gross Primary Productivity

Reco = Ecosystem respiration

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2. AIRCRAFT FLUX 2. AIRCRAFT FLUX MEASUREMENTSMEASUREMENTS


Sky Arrow ERA

Attitude GPS Net Radiation

PAR Radiation

Surface T

Dew Point T

Videocamera

Pressure Sphere

T Fast Response

T Low Response

Novatel GPS

IRGA

GPS

ElectronicsSwitch BOX

Mobile Flux Platform (MFP)Mobile Flux Platform (MFP)

Measurement of 3D winds @ 50 Hz

CO2, H2O, T fast sensors


(relative) wind measurement

differential & static pressures

Dynamic pressure


SkyArrow ERA: wind measurement principle


Aircraft motion measurement

Sistema alternativo (NOAA, IATA): Attitude GPS + accelerometri

Attitude 3D GPS a 4 antenne (10 Hz)

accelerometri (50 Hz)SSOS- Summer School on Optical Sampling (7-13 July 2011, Trento, Italy)

Pressures50 HzGPS

Ground GPS

PositionVelocity

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Actual 3D wind retrieval

Accelerometers 50Hz

Attitude GPSAttitude10Hz

PositionVelocityAttitude50Hz

Actual 3D wind50Hz


System calibration

IRGA Gas Analyzer

Pressure Ports


The productsThe products

3D wind + scalar (T, H2O, CO2) fast measurements (50 Hz)

(eddy covariance tecnique)

Surface fluxes along flight track(u*, H, LE, fCO2)


Flux transect over NL (Gioli et al 2006)

Tower data – 30 min continuous data

Aircraft data – ‘Spatial’ Fluxes

Data characteristics


Footprint concept & aircraft fluxes

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Validation of aircraft flux measurements


Vellinga et al 2010

Regional C-budgets


Validation of RS-based surface schemes at regional scale


Some conclusions part 1 & 2

• eddy covariance widely used to measure surface fluxes across biomes, at high temporal resolution

• limitations arise from potential flux loss, & not perfect conditions (orography, inhomogeneities, low turbulence at night...)

• EC measures NEE, while GPP needs to be retrieved trough Reco estimation at nigh time (difficult...)

• EC can be succefully applied from aircraft platform and regional scale fluxes measured


3. FLUX 3. FLUX MANIPULATION MANIPULATION

EXPERIMENTEXPERIMENT


Surface energy balance

Rn = SW↓ +LW ↓ - SW↑ -LW↑ (net radiation)

Rn = H + LE + G

H: sensible heat flux (EC measured)

LE: latent heat flux = evapotranspiration (EC measured)

G = soil heat flux (measured)


Study area

FLUX MANIPULATION EXPERIMENTFLUX MANIPULATION EXPERIMENT

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CONTROL TREATMENT

(antitranspirant)Measurements:

H, LE, G (eddy towers)

Ts (IR camera on aircraft)

VIS-NIR (ground + aircraft) SSOS- Summer School on Optical Sampling (7-13 July 2011, Trento, Italy)

can we observe a decrease in LE ?

can we observe an increase in H ?

can we observe an increase in Ts ?

how is VIS-NIR reflectance affected ?

how is photosynthesis affected ?

Can we observe change in energy partioning by eddy covariance & remote sensing ?


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Measuring Ts with thermal remote sensing

• IR camera detects 7.5 – 12 micron

• emissivity needed to estimate Ts

Wien's displacement law

Stefan–Boltzmann law


Eddy covariance can be used to measure both resistances:

H, LE Penman Monteith equation rc (stomatal resistance)

u, u* aerodynamic resistance

H = Cp (Ts – Ta) / Rtot

Rtot = Rsto + Rnsto (total resistance)Rsto = resistance for water to be transpired trough stomataRnsto = other resistance (aerodynamic)

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Using Ts to assess surface energy balance

Feedbacks in the coupled land-atmosphere system

van Heerwaarden et al, 2009

positive feedback

negative feedback

at plot scale:

atmosphere surface (plot)

at larger scale:

atmosphere surface (region)

why is surface energy balance important ?

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Aircraft and tower eddy covariance flux measurements SSOS- Summer School on Optical Sampling (7-13 July 2011, Trento, Italy) B. Gioli (IBIMET CNR, Italy)