Second NAFE Workshop NAFE’06: A Proposed Campaign Strategy J Walker, O Merlin and R Panciera Dept Civil and Env Engg The University of Melbourne, Australia

Second NAFE Workshop Objectives NAFE’05 – provide high resolution data for process level understanding of: -soil moisture retrieval -downscaling -and data assimilation. NAFE’06 – provide simulated SMOS data for trial application of: -soil moisture retrieval -downscaling -and data assimilation.

Second NAFE Workshop How to meet the objectives? Mimic a SMOS pixel (50 by 50 km 2 ) Provide multi-incidence L-band data for SMOS algorithm development Provide 1 km surface soil moisture data for verification of downscaling approaches using MODIS Provide simulated SMOS data every 2-3 days for data assimilation

Second NAFE Workshop Murrumbidgee Catchment Yanco Study Area Kyeamba Creek Adelong Creek Flux Towers

Second NAFE Workshop Proposal Yanco area = SMOS pixel Fly PLMR (1km) every 2-3 days over the SMOS pixel Multi-incidence (1km) and high res (50m) PLMR flights over focus areas with range of soil moisture and vegetation cover for: –Algorithm development –PLMR verification

Second NAFE Workshop Proposed workplan 1.Aircraft flight lines 2. Coincident ground data collection

Second NAFE Workshop 40 km Narrandera Yanco Leeton Griffith Y3Y2Y1 Y4Y5 Y8Y6 Y7 Y9 Y10 Y11Y12 Y13 Coleambally CIA 1-km resolution PLMR data 12 N-S flight lines at 10,000 ft AGL

Second NAFE Workshop 40 km Narrandera Yanco Leeton Griffith Y3Y2Y1 Y4Y5 Y8Y6 Y7 Y9 Y10 Y11Y12 Y13 Coleambally CIA 6am6pm Inclination of SMOS orbit 98.5° Multi-incidence PLMR data (1km) 3 x 1 flight lines at 10,000 ft AGL

Second NAFE Workshop 40 km Narrandera Yanco Leeton Griffith Y3Y2Y1 Y4Y5 Y8Y6 Y7 Y9 Y10 Y11Y12 Y13 Coleambally CIA High resolution PLMR data (15x50m; 750m) 10am2pm 3 flight lines at 500 ft AGL

Second NAFE Workshop Flight schedule MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 1-km SMOS-scale 5-10am 1-km SMOS-scale 5-10am 1-km SMOS-scale 5-10am 1-km Multi-incidence 5-7am 1-km Multi-incidence 5-7pm 50-m 9-11am 50-m 1-3pm

Second NAFE Workshop Flight time Flight typeSpeed 3-week campaign 4-week campaign 1-km SMOS-scale144 km/h45 h60 h 1-km multi-incidence 6am/6pm144 km/h9 h12 h 50-m 10am/2pm144 km/h9 h12 h Total63 h84 h PLMR calibration (Airport to lake)180 km/h+ ?

Second NAFE Workshop Ground data collection 5-cm soil moisture vegetation water content tower-based TIR and 5cm temperature soil moisture profile and met data surface soil roughness soil texture land use, vegetation type, dew amount surface fluxes ?

Second NAFE Workshop Resourcess Aircraft: Walker + Kim, ??? Technical: Young Laboratory: Shoemark (soil & veg drying) Data processing: Panciera Field: Merlin, Kalma, Ellett, Draper, Thyer, McVicar x 2, Kerr x 2, Jackson x 2, Houser x 2, Teuling and Huurkmans, Tweed → ~ 16 people

Second NAFE Workshop Teams Three soil moisture teams (3-4 people each) operating every day at a given site: SM1, SM2, SM3 One vegetation team (2-3 people) operating every day at 2-3 sites: VEG

Second NAFE Workshop 40 km Y9 Y11 Y12 Aa Y10 Y13 Y2 Y1 Y6 Bb Y4 Y7 Y8 Y3 Y5 Coincident SM sampling MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday AbBaA BbAaB AbBaA BbAaB

Second NAFE Workshop Sites Y4 Irrigated cropping, state forest nearby Y9 Irrigated area (rice) Y11 Native grassland and grazing Y13 Native grassland and grazing Y7 Native grassland, some cropping

Second NAFE Workshop SM sampling strategy MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 250 m50 m250 m50 m250 m Soil moisture profile station 1 km 144 points400 points “A” 250 m “a” 50 m + 32 points

Second NAFE Workshop 40 km Y9 Y11 Y12 C Y10 Y13 Y2 Y1 Y6 D Y4 Y7 Y8 Y3 Y5 40 km Coincident VEG sampling MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday CBDAC ADBCA CBDAC ADBCA

Second NAFE Workshop VEG sampling strategy MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 16 samples/site 16 samples = N1(land cover1) + N2(land cover2) +… 1 km Minimum of 5 per landcover

Second NAFE Workshop 40 km Leeton Griffith Y3Y2Y1 Y4Y5 Y8Y6 Y7 Y9 Y10 Y11Y12 Y13 Coleambally Logistics Cal ? Base Airport Narrandera Yanco Base Airport