National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Integrated Surface Flux System (ISFS)
facilitymobile / deployable observing platformIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NCAR
Description
Deployable surface observing system for atmosphere–surface exchange studies, combining a network of surface weather stations with intensive single-site micrometeorological tower arrays; measures fluxes by eddy correlation, radiation, soil and precipitation variables, with solar power and satellite data links for remote sites.
Official page
https://www.eol.ucar.edu/observing_facilities/isfs
Open official page (opens in a new tab)Contact
- Contact
- Chris Roden - croden@ucar.edu
Details
- Keywords
- surface-atmosphere exchange, eddy-correlation fluxes, surface weather station network, micrometeorological research, soil heat flux, turbulence statistics, solar-powered deployment
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Associated entity
- NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (site)