Highly Sampled Measurements in a Controlled Atmosphere at the Biosphere 2 Landscape Evolution Observatory

  • Jorge Arevalo (Contributor)
  • Xubin Zeng (Contributor)
  • Matej Durcik (Contributor)
  • Michael Sibayan (Contributor)
  • Luke Pangle (Contributor)
  • Nate Abramson (Contributor)
  • Aaron Bugaj (Contributor)
  • Wei Ren Ng (Contributor)
  • Greg A Barron-Gafford (Contributor)
  • Joost L M Van Haren (Contributor)
  • Guo-Yue Niu (Contributor)
  • John Adams (Contributor)
  • Joaquin Ruiz (Contributor)
  • Peter Troch (Contributor)

Dataset

Description

Land-atmosphere interactions at different temporal and spatial scales are important for our understanding of the Earth system and its modeling. The Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) at Biosphere 2 managed by the University of Arizona host three nearly identical artificial bare-soil hillslopes with dimensions of 30m x 11m and 1m average depth in a controlled and highly monitored environment under a large greenhouse. These facilities provide a unique opportunity to explore these interactions. This dataset contains, for each one of the three replicate hillslopes, 15-minute measurements from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2019 of temperature, water content and heat flux of the soil at a depth of 5cm for 12 co-located points; temperature, relative humidity and wind speed above ground at 5 different locations over each hillslope and 5 different heights ranging from 0.25m to 9-10m; 3D wind components at 1 location; the 4 components of radiation at 2 different locations; precipitation rates; and the measurements of an automatic weather station outside the greenhouse.
Date made availableSep 30 2024
PublisherPANGAEA
Geographical coverageLOCATION: United States of America
Geospatial Polygon32.57861, -110.85056, 32.57861, -110.85056

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