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This page contains the time invariant surface properties that we would like participants
to use in their land surface models.
Some values are yet to be supplied.
This page also has links to projects with geoecological descriptions of three
sites.
Tumbarumba
Text description
Pictures
Time invariant surface properties
- surface type = Eucalypt woodland
- Annual mean surface air temperature = 285 K
- %sand/%silt/% clay for thermal and hydraulic properties = 48.0/28.0/24.0
- % grid cell covered by lake,wetlands = 0,0
- Soil albedos
| DRY | SATURATED |
| VIS | NIR | VIS | NIR |
| 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
- Fractional Vegetation Cover and Leaf Area Index
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
%VEG 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45
LAI 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40
Manaus
Pictures
Time invariant surface properties
- surface type = Tropical Rainforest
- Annual mean surface air temperature = ?
- %sand/%silt/% clay for thermal and hydraulic properties = 43.6/19.0/37.4
- % grid cell covered by lake,wetlands = 0,0
- Soil albedos
| DRY | SATURATED |
| VIS | NIR | VIS | NIR |
| 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.18 |
- Fractional Vegetation Cover and Leaf Area Index
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
%VEG 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90
LAI 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014 5.014
Munich (Neuherberg)
Pictures
Time invariant surface properties
- surface type = Mid-latitude deciduous woodland
- Annual mean surface air temperature = ?
- %sand/%silt/% clay for thermal and hydraulic properties = 31.2/38.8/30.0
- % grid cell covered by lake,wetlands = 0,0
- Soil albedos
| DRY | SATURATED |
| VIS | NIR | VIS | NIR |
| 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.18 |
- Fractional Vegetation Cover and Leaf Area Index
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
%VEG 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90
LAI 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
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