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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2008.10.3.082

Processing and Quality Control of Flux Data at Gwangneung Forest  

Lim, Hee-Jeong (Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Young-Hee (Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.10, no.3, 2008 , pp. 82-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to ensure a standardized data analysis of the eddy covariance measurements, Hong and Kim's quality control program has been updated and used to process eddy covariance data measured at two levels on the main flux tower at Gwangneung site from January to May in 2005. The updated program was allowed to remove outliers automatically for $CO_2$ and latent heat fluxes. The flag system consists of four quality groups(G, D, B and M). During the study period, the missing data were about 25% of the total records. About 60% of the good quality data were obtained after the quality control. The number of record in G group was larger at 40m than at 20m. It is due that the level of 20m was within the roughness sublayer where the presence of the canopy influences directly on the character of the turbulence. About 60% of the bad data were due to low wind speed. Energy balance closure at this site was about 40% during the study period. Large imbalance is attributed partly to the combined effects of the neglected heat storage terms, inaccuracy of ground heat flux and advection due to local wind system near the surface. The analysis of wind direction indicates that the frequent occurrence of positive momentum flux was closely associated with mountain valley wind system at this site. The negative $CO_2$ flux at night was examined in terms of averaging time. The results show that when averaging time is larger than 10min, the magnitude of calculated $CO_2$ fluxes increases rapidly, suggesting that the 30min $CO_2$ flux is influenced severely by the mesoscale motion or nonstationarity. A proper choice of averaging time needs to be considered to get accurate turbulent fluxes during nighttime.
Keywords
Quality control; Energy balance; Turbulent flux; Gwangneung forest;
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