Daily Implementation Bulletin for HUBEX Field Observations

Daily Implementation Bulletin

for HUBEX Field Observations

No. 25

HUBEX Headquarter July 2, 02:00 to July 3, 02:00(UTC), 1998

1. Condition Inventory of Observation Platforms and Data Collection

Name of the Platforms		Platform Condition	Data Collection
Intensive radiosonde observations ( 36 stations, 4 times/day )		Normal	Normal
Intensive surface meteorological obs. ( within HUBEX a -region 12 stations make observations 24 times/day, 136 stations 4 times/day)		Normal	Normal
Automatic Rainguage Obs. (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 are carriing out continuous observation from 1^st July 09:00 BST)	Shouxian (Nagoya Univ.)	Normal	Normal
	Huainan (Hokkaido Univ.)	Normal	Normal
	Fengtai (Nagoya Univ.)	Normal	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 *( Paused : These instruments Paused observations because of rainfall )**	Basic climate observations (Shouxian)	Normal	Normal
	Microwave radiometer (PKU)	Paused*	No
	Flux fluctuation obs. (PKU)	Paused*	No
	Near-surface tower obs. (PKU)	Normal	Normal
	Radiation obs. (IAP/Tohoku Univ.)	Normal	Normal
	Bowen ratio obs. (IoG)	Normal	Normal
	Flux fluctuation obs.(IoG)	Paused*	No
	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

1) The weather situation: The suntropical high intensity strengthened ***slightly and the rainfall band mainly located at Huaihe River Basin and further south areas. There are some thunderstorms along the southern part of Changjiang River Basin area.

2) Activities: Professors Kikuchi, Fujiyoshi and Kato joind the weather forecasting meeting this morning and visited the HUBEX Headquarter. Professor Kato will stay and work at the Headquarter for one week.

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