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NAFE’05

ANCILLARY DATA

Rocco Panciera and Jeffrey WalkerUniversity of Melbourne

Jetse KalmaUniversity of Newcastle

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NAFE’05

ANCILLARY DATA

- Rock fraction cover

- Rock temperature

- Surface roughness

- Leaf wetness

- Dew

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Rock fraction cover estimation

Fraction cover (%)

Regional sampling Stanley catchment

Rock temperature station

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Rock temperature station

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Rock Sensor 1

Rock Sensor 2

Rock Sensor 3

Rock Sensor 4

Rock Sensor 5

Rock Sensor 6

Soil temperature 5cm

• 2 rocks• 2 rocks monitored R1 & R2• near soil temperature station• 5 sensors on R1 – different aspect• 1 sensor on R2

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Surface roughness data

Roscommon

Illogan

Stanley

Pembroke

Dales

Midlothian

Merriwa Park

Cullingral

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FARM N-S E-W N-S E-W N-S E-W N-S E-W

Stanley 0.88 0.52 0.59 1.36 1.17 1.39 1.37 1.30 1.07

Pembroke 0.77 0.96 0.72 0.89 0.49 1.06 0.50 1.31 0.84

Roscommon 0.65 0.70 0.50 0.67 0.57 0.49 0.77 0.60 0.62

Illogan 1.20 0.61 1.39 1.30 0.73 0.40 0.99 1.17 0.97

Midlothian 0.50 0.56 1.45 0.69 0.73 0.61 1.31 0.72 0.82

Dales 0.65 0.81 1.06 1.20 0.52 1.06 0.87 0.97 0.89

Cullingral 0.84 1.10 0.74 0.43 0.67 0.36 0.49 0.61 0.65

MEAN RMS

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Surface roughness RMS (cm)

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• Once per farm• 4 sites per farm• 2 profiles per site N-S & E-W

Correlation with land use?....

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Leaf wetness datatemporal monitoring at NAFE stations

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G6

M7

M6

M5

M4

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M2

M1

K6

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K4

K3

K2K1

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NAFE stations

Legend

SASMAS Site

NAFE station

NAFE focus farm

Catchment boundary

Midlothian(lucerne)

Dales(native)

Merriwa Park(wheat)

Cullingral(wheat)

Pembroke(barley)

Stanley(native)

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temporal monitoring at NAFE stationsLeaf wetness stations

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Quick dryingAfter ~ 7 AM

Leaf wetness data

Time (am) Midlothian Stanley Merriwa Dales Pembroke Cullingral

5:00 51% 63% 6% 6% 3% 33%

6:00 54% 60% 6% 3% 10% 22%

7:00 29% 49% 3% 3% 10% 11%

8:00 6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

PLMR acquisition start time ~ 7:30 AM

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NAFE stations

Legend

SASMAS Site

NAFE station

NAFE focus farm

Catchment boundary

Midlothian(lucerne)

Dales(native)

Merriwa Park(wheat)

Cullingral(wheat)

Pembroke(barley)

Stanley(native)

Midlothian(lucerne)

Dales(native)

Merriwa Park(wheat)

Cullingral(wheat)

Pembroke(barley)

Stanley(native)

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Dew data

Week 1 Week 4

Dew flight circuit

Dales

Merriwa Park

Cullingral

Midlothian

Vegetation dew samples

A total of 12 vegetation dew samples collected at 6:00 AM

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Dew data

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3 “useful” samples

Morning rain?

Dew amount = VWC (6:00 AM) – VWC (afternoon)Same location

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Thank you