Cal/Val

After 5 weeks spent in Australia for the AACES campaign, Arnaud Mialon, Claire Gruhier and Delphine Leroux are back in Europe at Cesbio. During these 5 weeks, we have met different soil types : very dry and flat with low vegetation in the western part and even smooth green grass with trees in the eastern part (as mentioned before in Ahmad and Arnaud’s articles, several rain events occured after the 5th of February).

Patch 1 (dry, flat, ...)
Patch 1 (dry, flat, ...)
Patch 9 (green grass, trees, ...)
Patch 9 (green grass, trees, ...)
For each focus farm, we walked a 5 km transect and every 50 meters we did 3 soil moisture measurements with the hydra probe. Moreover, we took some vegetation, gravimetric and dew samples, LAI, surface reflectance (ASD) and roughness measurements. 1 TIR and 1 monitoring stations were installed as well (temperature sensors, theta probes, TIR, rain gauge, leaf wetness).
Patch example : 6 sampling lines + 2 stations
Patch example : 6 sampling lines + 2 stations
Hydraprobe Data Acquisition System
Hydraprobe Data Acquisition System
Installation of a monitoring station
Installation of a monitoring station
TIR station all set
TIR station all set
This was also the occasion to see many beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

Patch 10 - sunset
Patch 10 - sunrise
Patch 10 - sunset
Patch 10 - sunset
In a nutshell, this was an amazing experience for all of us ! Many thanks to the University of Melbourne and especially to Jeff, Chris and Sandy for the organization of this campaign !
AACES participants
AACES participants
Arnaud, Claire & Delphine

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