Daily Implementation Bulletin for HUBEX Field Observations

Daily Implementation Bulletin

for HUBEX Field Observations

No. 2

HUBEX Headquarter June 9, 02:00 to June 10, 02:00(UTC), 1998

1. Condition Inventory of Observation Platforms and Data Collection

Name of the Platforms		Platform Condition	Data Collection
Operational radiosonde observations ( 36 stations, 2 times/day )		Normal	Normal
Operational surface meteorological observations ( 150 stations within HUBEX a -region and most of the stations observe 4 times/day)		Normal	Normal
Automatic Rainguage Observations (59 stations in total)		Normal	Normal
Satellite Observations (GMS-5, FY-2, NOAA, TRMM, etc.)		Normal	Normal
Weather Radar ObservationsThese radars will do weather-event observations continuously. 4 times/daily observations will be carried out for clear days.	Xuzhou	Normal	Normal
	Yancheng	Normal	Normal
	Nanjing	Normal	Normal
	Lianyunguang	Normal	Normal
	Fuyang (24 times/day)	Normal	Normal
Doppler Radar Observations (These radars now at the check-out and regulating stage)	Shouxian (Nagoya Univ.)	Echo received	Normal
	Huainan (Hokkaido Univ.)	Ready	Normal
	Fengtai (Nagoya Univ.)	Echo received	Normal
	Rain-intensity guages and a Distrometer (at Huainan) near Doppler radar sites	Normal	Normal
Hydrological Observations	River water Level & River current	Normal	Normal
	Evaporation	Normal	Normal
	Underground water	Normal	Normal
	Soil water content	Normal	Normal
Shouxian Comprehensive Observation Station	Basic climate observations (Shouxian)	Normal	Normal
	Microwave radiometer (PKU)	Normal	Normal
	Flux fluctuation obs. (PKU)	Normal	Normal
	Near-surface tower obs. (PKU)	Normal	Normal
	Radiation obs. (IAP/Tohoku Univ.)	Normal	Normal
	Bowen ratio obs. (IoG)	Normal	Normal
	Flux fluctuation obs.(IoG)	Normal	Normal
	KU-AWS (Kyoto Univ.)	Normal	Normal
	PAM-III (Kyoto Univ.)	Under repair	No
Note: PKU: Peking University, IAP: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, IoG: Institute of Geography

2. Important activities and events of HUBEX

According to the decision made yesterday, Dr. ZHANG Wenjian, director of HUBEX Headquarter issued the command by Fax today announcing that the HUBEX Intensive Observation Period (HUBEX IOP) will begin from June 11. More specifically, the Intensive Radiosonde Observation will begin at 00:00 o'clock of June 11, 1998 (UTC), and the Intensive Surface Meteorological Observation will begin at 12:00 o'clock of June 10, 1998 (UTC). All the meteorological bureaus of related provinces reconfirmed the delivery of the command.

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