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Monitoring Sites - Cow Bay

Measurements

Measurements are being made at the Daintree Discovery Centre, Cow Bay, Far North Queensland, Australia. Canopy height is 25m.

Instrument Type	Make	Model	Situation
IRGA Open path - density CO2, H2O - atmospheric pressure	LI-COR	LI-7500A	35m
3D sonic anemometer - wind velocities (u,v,w) - sonic temperature	Campbell	CSAT-3	35m
Air temperature, Humidity - T, Rh	Vaisalla	HC2S3	35m
PAR Radiation - PPFD	LI-COR	LI-190SB	35m
4 Component Radiation - SW-d, LW-d, LW-u, SW-u,	Hukseflux	NR01	35m
Net Radiation - Rn	Kipp & Zonen	NRLite	35m
Rainfall - Rain	Campbell	RIM800	23m
Soil temperature (averaging array)	Campbell	TCAV	-4cm 30m from tower
Soil heat flux plates (2)	Hukseflux	HFP01	-8cm 30m from tower
Soil water content (time domain reflectometer)	Campbell	CS615	-4cm, 50cm, 100cm and 200cm 30m from tower
Automatic weather station - rainfall - temperature - wind speed - wind direction - Relative Humidity RH - Solar radiation Sr	Vaisalla Apogee	WXT530 SP110	23m, situated 2m from base of flux mast
Data Loggers - EC fluxes	Campbell	CR-3000 (first year of operation used a CR-1000)	23m
PC Notebook - EC fluxes	Lenovo	Netbook	23m
Power Supply - 12V DC	AC/DC converter	Gel batteries	20m